Hi
I too went to the MJC. My memory doesn't serve me well of late. Was it Wednesday evening Modern Jazz and Friday night Trad or the other way round? When I first heard Modern Jazz (Sombrero Coffee Bar, Bristol Street) that was it - my music. I do enjoy all sorts of music, but Mod Jazz and the Jazz stylists are my first love. I wish the BBC served us jazz fans better. Saturday afternoons and very late some evenings on 3, and occasionally at 7pm on 2. I left Birmingham in 1963 and have lived in rural Scotland for many years. Platform Jazz used to make regular visits to the Scottish Borders, but unfortunately they gave up through lack of attendance - I was gutted. Luckily I have a son and daughter who eventually settled in Birmingham and I am still a regular visitor. They too are jazz fans - it must be in their genes and Birmingham in their blood. Always a Brummy - I've never lost that accent! Coffee bars, Casino (Mecca Dance Hall), MJC, Kardoma Coffee Houses, Corporation Street, New Street, the new Smallbrook ringway development, BSofC, Waseley Hills School, etc. oh what memories they all evoke. Writhing in nostalgia, better get on with 'now'.