Al Burton

The newletter is authored by our President Al Burton who is a life long jazz music supporter.

(Al Burton, President, London Jazz Society)

(Al Burton, President, London Jazz Society)

Al Burton824 Dalkeith Ave.,London, OntarioCanada N5X 1R8Phone, 519-433-4789

January 27th Interview with Al Burton of the London Jazz Society on Fanshaw Radio for Sunday afternoon broadcast.

(Al Burton, President, London Jazz Society)

Al Burton, Barbara Carter
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The London Free Press published an article about Black History Month and though the courtesy of that newspaper we have reprinted it here for you to enjoy as well as a picture of Al Burton and Barbara Carter that was included with it.
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Al Burton, president of the London Jazz Society, and Barbara Carter, supervisor of Uncle Tom's Cabin in Dresden, spent time in a control room at Fanshawe College's 106.9 FM radio station taping a show for Black History Month, which begins today and runs through February.
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"It's time to acknowledge the debt we have to black entertainers," says Al Burton, president of the Jazz Society.

Al Burton
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Al Burton worked in telecommunications from his early teens beginning in the spring of 1943 in Kingston, Ontario with the North American Telegraph Company (originally owned by Bell Canada but then sold to Canadian Pacific Railways.) After 13 moves around Ontario, and working six years in Toronto, moved to London on December 27th, 1954 to work as a plant technician in CPR's repeater in 1952.Changes in government regulations saw CNR and CPR combine their services in to one company starting in the late 1960's and early 1970's.Retired on January 1st, 1988.Al is currently the president of the London Jazz Society and is a tireless supporter of jazz in the London area.In addition he is also one of the many fine hosts of the Jazz Junction Radio Show.

Al Burton (519) 433-4789