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The Oxford University Jazz Society is the focus of jazz music at the University of Oxford, England. Formerly it was known as the Oxford University Jazz Club. The columnist and bass player Miles Kington, then a trombonist, was a member of the Jazz Club at the beginning of the 1960s. In the 1970s, the club organized weekly gigs in the first floor of the former Roebuck public house in Market Street, central Oxford, presenting well-known British jazz musicians such as Lol Coxhill and Oxford-based jazz bands including the Oxcentrics, fronted by Adrian Sheen and Mike Southon.
After a period of inactivity in the 1980s, it was reformed as the Jazz Society in 1994 and is colloquially known as "JazzSoc". Between 1994 and 1997 it hosted a weekly jam session at Po Na Na on St Giles'; from 1997 to 2004 the session was at the Wheatsheaf pub on the High Street, where the jam session regularly attracted an audience of up to 100 students.
In 2004 JazzSoc returned to its original home at the Roebuck, known until 2006 as the 'Market Tavern' (after then it was transformed into a 'Wagamama' restaurant). From 2006 until 2008 JazzSoc took place at the 'Blue Bar' in the cellar of the Cock and Camel pub on George Street. This has also since transformed into restaurant, and is now owned by Jamie Oliver. For the rest of 2008 and future JazzSoc sessions, the society is currently talking to a number of venues.
In addition to a weekly jam session in term time, JazzSoc presents a 'spectacular' once a term, featuring a 'name' jazz act, playing either with their own band or with a local rhythm section. Past spectaculars have featured Soweto Kinch, Julian Arguelles, and Jim Mullen.
