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1970 Tour Dates

These dates come from Ernie Garside’s calendars.  Some of the handwriting was hard to read, and some of the writing might have referred to events that did not involve MF, but everything legible has been included.

Promo Photo

1970

January     Calendar page
1/8 Morgan Studios  – possibly for MF Horn
1/10 Manchester Sports Guild
1/11 Simon Dee TV show
1/12 Dublin, Ireland  Hendricks
1/16 Bert Tetley (?)
1/18 Simon Dee TV show
1/19 CBS Recording (Band only)
1/25 Simon Dee TV show
1/29 CBS Recording (Band only)
1/31 M. Murphy (?)

February     Calendar page
2/1 Simon Dee TV show
2/7 Bristol (4 trumpets)
2/8 Simon Dee TV show
2/15 Simon Dee TV show
2/22 Simon Dee TV show
2/23-2/25 Italy
(These clips could also be from the June Italy dates)

Italian TV show:  https://youtu.be/u83iRD-BXHs

Italian TV show:  https://youtu.be/zgjeOTTauCI

Italian TV show:  https://youtu.be/c29v1KUumG8

2/27 St. Helens, UK  Theater Royal
2/28 Manchester Sports Guild, England

March     Calendar page
3/1 Simon Dee TV show
3/2 Bagshot, Surrey
3/8 Simon Dee TV show
3/10 – 12 Torino
3/13 – 14 Holland
3/15 Simon Dee TV show
3/16 Bagshot, Surrey
3/22 Simon Dee TV show
3/23 Bagshot, Surrey
3/28 (Murphy)
3/29 Simon Dee TV show
3/30 Swan Theater, Worcester
3/31 Grosvenor House, Reading

April     Calendar page
4/2 Bill Ashton Youth Band
4/5 Simon Dee TV show
4/6 Bagshot, Surrey
4/7 Lansdowne Studios – possibly for MF Horn
4/10 Newcastle (canceled)
4/11 Bristol (4 trumpets)
4/12 Simon Dee TV show
4/13 Bagshot, Surrey
4/16 100 Club, London
4/17 Lansdowne Studios
4/18 Manchester Sports Guild

Whisper Not
MacArthur Park
People
L-Dopa (ending cut)

4/19 Simon Dee TV show
4/20 Dublin, Ireland
4/23 Great Torrington, Devon
4/26 Simon Dee TV show
4/27 Bagshot, Surrey
4/28 Nottingham
4/29 Birmingham
4/30 100 Club, London

May     Calendar page
5/3 Simon Dee TV show
5/6 Watford
5/7 Southamptom
5/10 Simon Dee TV show
5/11 Bagshot, Surrey (canceled)
5/12 Worthing
5/13 Liverpool
5/15 Preston
5/16 Benefit
5/17 Simon Dee TV show
5/18 Bagshot, Surrey (canceled)
5/20 Simon Dee TV show
5/21 100 Club, London
5/22 Hanley
5/23 Manchester Sports Guild
5/24 Simon Dee TV show
5/26 TV   (Possible audio recording for The World of Maynard Ferguson)
5/27 TV   (possibly the filming of The World of Maynard Ferguson)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Maynard-Ferguson-The-World-Fergu/dp/B0015XQGZO
5/30 Bristol (4 trumpets)
5/31 Simon Dee TV show

June     Calendar page
6/3 Umbridge School, UK
6/4 100 Club, London
6/5 Weatherfield (?)
6/7 Simon Dee TV show
6/8 Dublin, Ireland
6/9 – 6/10 Italy (See February for TV video clips)
6/14 Simon Dee TV show
6/15 Bristol (TV)
6/18 100 Club, London
6/21 Simon Dee TV show
6/23 Opposite Lock
6/26 Bedford College, London
6/27   Somerset, England   Bath Festival         Program      Festival webpage

July     Calendar page
7/5 Simon Dee TV show
7/11 Manchester Sports Guild
7/12 Ilford
7/16 100 Club, London
7/17 Lee on Solent (Dancing) (?)
7/18 Nottingham
7/20 – 7/25 Golden Garter, 13-piece band
7/27 – 31 Showboat Middleboro
7/30 Club 100, London (canceled)

August     Calendar page
8/1 Showboat Middleboro
8/6 Benson – Henley on Thames (dancing)
8/8 Sedlescombe, East Sussex
8/9 Torquay, Devon
8/13  100 Club, London (canceled)
8/17 Dublin, Ireland ?
8/18 Sedlescombe, East Sussex
8/20 100 Club, London
8/21 Concorde, Southhampton
8/22 Ed Thompson/MF  Bristol
8/23 Ilford,  TV Special
Possibly this solo appearance with Ronnie Scott Orchestra – Take the A Train https://youtu.be/R7W29ACsGzw
8/27 100 Club, London (canceled)
8/29 Manchester Sports Guild
8/31 Cambridge

September     Calendar page
9/5 Barnby Manor, Newark
9/7 The Fletch
9/8 Maidenhead
9/10 St. Helens
9/16 CBS Dinner
9/17 100 Club, London (canceled)
9/18 Meier in Hereford/Crouton (?)
9/19 Caravan Camp
9/27 Ilford?  Wolverhampton?
9/28 Blackburn?
9/29 Bristol (?)
9/30 Eastbourne, Bristol

October     Calendar page
10/1 James Sheffield
10/2 Harry James, M/C
10/3 Manchester Sports Guild
10/4 Ruislip,London
10/5 Festival Hall
10/9 Swansea, Wales
10/18 Dunstable/Gold Shot solo
10/19 BBC J. Club, Camden Theatre
10/22 100 Club, London (canceled)
10/24 Manchester Sports Guild
10/25 Dunstable/Golden Shot
10/28 Croydon
10/29 100 Club, London
10/30 Hammersmith
10/31 Wickham

November     Calendar page
11/1 Ilford
11/3 Southampton
11/4 TV Solo
11/5 TV Solo
11/6 Burman?
11/7 Manchester Sports Guild
11/8 Darlington
11/9 Bingham
11/10 Wakefield
11/11 M/C
11/12 Hemel Hempstead
11/13 Newcastle
11/14 The Belfry
11/16 Nottingham
11/20 Ronnie Scott’s Club, London (?)
11/19 Wellingborough, British Rail Sports & Social Club

Take the A Train
Shop at the Co-op
Somewhere
Eli’s Coming
Whisper Not
After You’ve Gone
El Dopa
Airegin
Ballad For Max
Chicago
Round Midnight
MacArthur Park
Blue Birdland
Maria

Trumpets: Martin Drover, Ernie Garside, John Donnelly, John HuckRidge
Bones: Billy Graham, Reg Brookes, Adrian Drover
Saxes: John Holbrooke (a), Brian Smith (t), Bob Watson (B)
Piano: Pete Jackson, Bass: Dave Lynane, Drums: Randy Jones

11/21 Bristol & BBC

Three 12-minute segments broadcast on BBC Radio per 11/19 announcements

11/24 Bristol
11/26 100 Club, London
11/27 Newcastle
11/28 Bournemouth
11/29 Leeds/Leicester (?)
11/30 Coventry?/Hemel Hempstead

December     Calendar page
12/1 Stoke
12/2 Benefit/Bingham
12/3 Southport
12/4 Wolverhampton, M/C
12/5 Halifax
12/6 Kenilworth
12/7 Croydon
12/8 Wakefield
12/12 Kesteven College, Grantham/Festival Hall
12/13 Ilford?/Sheffield
12/14 Northampton
12/18 Rugby
12/19 Manchester Sports Guild
12/20 Nottingham
12/22 Maidenhead?

 

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