The Original Panama Jazz Band

The OPJB has a style of clean crisp Dixieland and New Orleans jazz and is well respected amongst musicians and audiences alike. Rather than sticking in a particular idiom the repertoire comes from every era and influence. Most importantly, it's played with competence and a flair for good ensemble work, dynamics and enthusiasm ideally suited to the many guests featured with the band, including Humph, Kenny Ball, Roy Williams, Alan Elsdon, Pete Alien, the late Campbell Burnap, George Chisholm and Tommy Burton. The internationally renowned New Orleans based record producer George Buck raved about the tape The Panama Jazzband and he put it out on CD on his GHB Label. Further recordings Live at The Vic and Something For The Weekend and Smoke That! are also hugely popular. Always based in Wirral it has held residencies for all of this time, including a 15-year stint at The Black Horse in West Kirby, The Eagle & Crown in Upton Village, The Grange in Moreton and two long stints at The Hotel Victoria New Brighton. Currently they can be heard every Wednesday at Upton Tennis Club, Upton Village, Wirral.