In Britain there is any number of professional and semi-professional jazz musicians, who go back as far as the early 1950s and who are still very active.

Here's a list of some of the bands who have residencies in North West England.

Forest Jazz Band
Harlem Hot Stompers
Jazz Rag
John Hallam Jazztet
Mad Ed's Hot Five
Mike Carnie & His Jazz Allstars
Quayside Hot Stompers
Rioters Dixieland Jazz Band
Roy Potts 5 & A Penny
Roy Potts Five & A Penny
Sun Street Stompers
The Black Horse Jazz Band and Guests
The Blue Magnolia Jass Orchestra
The Chicago Teddybears Society Jazz Band
The Dixie Kings
The Downtown Dixielanders
The High Society Jazz Band
The High Society Jazz Band
The Jazz Aces
The Merseysippi Jazz Band
The Original Panama Jazz Band
The Parade Jazz Band
The Peninsula Jazzmen
The River City Jazz Band
The Salt City Jazz Band
The Savoy Jazzmen
The Spirit of New Orleans Band
The Tame Valley Stompers
The Tuxedo Jazz Band
The Wabash Jazzmen
The Wirrorleans Jazz Band
Tony Davis Band
Wall City Jazz Band
Wyre Levee Stompers