VM enthusiasts: jazz and blues with tony bishop

Curious about jazz and blues but don't know where to begin? Join aficionado Tony Bishop, legendary jazz and blues singer and harmonica player on the London circuit, who will give you a whirlwind expert briefing to hold down your end of the coffee machine conversation with the annoying boffin from accounts.

Tony glides effortlessly through a short history of the genres as they emerged from their sleazy New Orleans origins early in the last century; the creation of Bluenote and Chess records; the great rupture in jazz around about 1959; some more modern developments; and then finally his picks of porky prime cuts to start us on our journeys.

Be expertly briefed each week on a wide variety of intriguing musical topics.