Jazz night celebrates Mini's 50th (From thisisoxfordshire)

Jazz night celebrates Mini's 50th

7:30pm Thursday 19th November 2009

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MUSIC lovers enjoyed a special jazz concert at the BMW Mini plant, in Oxford, to celebrate 50 years of two iconic brands.

The Mini and London music venue Ronnie Scott’s both reached their half-century this year, and musicians from the club, including singer Iain Mackenzie, staged a concert in the Cowley factory’s T-Building last night.

Musicians from Ronnie Scott’s Big Band were joined by players from Oxford Philomusica and singer Liane Carroll and the London Voices.

A BMW Mini spokesman said: “It was a brilliant concert — there were lots of people dancing in the T-Building.”

Money raised from the ticket sales will go towards the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance, which is based at RAF Benson.

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