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The Northern Dance Orchestra
Band, 1951-1985 GB
Musician of Jazz
The BBC Northern Dance Orchestra was a big band run by the BBC and formed in 1956 as the successor to the BBC's Northern Variety Orchestra, which had been formed on 1 April 1951. Known to listeners as the NDO, it broadcast on the radio daily, usually from recordings made at the Playhouse Theatre in Hulme, Manchester, and on many trips to halls throughout the UK. Through BBC Transcription Services it gained loyal listeners overseas. Many well-known musicians played with the orchestra over the years, including trumpeter Syd Lawrence, who left the NDO and formed his own very successful big band in 1967, and saxophonist Johnny Roadhouse, one of the band's founding members.
Members
 | Fred Kelly tr |
| Bob Duffy b |
| Freddie Hefferan ts |
| Brian Fitzgerald p |
| John Roadhouse as |
| Bernard Darkin tb |
| Gary Cox ts, sax |
| Vernon Leigh perc |
| Les Loveday bs |
| Roger Fleetwood as |
| Harry Burgess tb GB |
| Stan Hibbert tr |
| Johnny Lawton tr |
| Ray Barlow g, voc |
| Peter Husband fl |
| Frank Tebb tb |
| Bram Fisher tb |
| Ernie Watson tr |
| Bob Turner dr |
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBC Presents The Northern Dance Orchestra | The Northern Dance Orchestra | 1972 | Album |
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