Don Lusher label featuring Kenny Ball, Acker Bilk, John Chilton and the Feetwarmers, John Dankworth, Humphrey Lyttelton, and George Melly. It was entitled "British Jazz Legends Together". In 1993 he was awarded the status of Freeman of the City of London, and in 2002 Lusher received an OBE for services to the music industry. Don Lusher Don Lusher OBE (6 November 1923 – 5 July 2006) was an English jazz and big band trombonist best known for his association with the Ted Heath Big Band. In a career spanning more than 60 years, he played trombone with a number of jazz orchestras
John Fordham (jazz critic) John Fordham (jazz critic) John Fordham is a British jazz critic and writer. As well as being the main jazz critic for "The Guardian", he publishes a monthly column for the newspaper. He is the author of several books on jazz, and has reported on it for publications including "Time Out", "City Limits", "Sounds", "Jazz UK" and "The Wire". He is a former editor of "Time Out", "City Limits" and "Jazz UK". He has contributed to documentaries for radio and television, as well as regularly to BBC Radio 3's programme "Jazz on 3". Fordham has won the Parliamentary Jazz Awards