Information courtesy of the Rotary Club of Wakefield
"Goodbye John, it was great to know you"

Following the death of John Hummerstone on 20th December 2024 we have lost one of our longest serving members with a proud record of service over many decades. An optometrist by profession he was also well known as a trumpet player with the Holmfirth based New Orleans Wiggle. The group entertained club members and their guests at a series of concerts known as Songs from the Delta over several years at New Brookhouse Club in Wakefield.

This photograph with other members of the band was taken in 2014. John is centre stage with his trumpet.

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28/12/24 -

Trumpeter, friend and fellow member of Jeff Milner's Jassmen, The Dennis Browne Creole Band and New Orleans Wiggle, John Hummerstone has quietly passed just after his 90th birthday. Funeral details available on request. -

Richard Lord

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08/01/25 -

I have learned (from drummer Richard Lord) of the death of Yorkshire trumpeter John Hummerstone.  We have played together in a number of years in pick-up groups, or depping, in gigs usually close to the Lancashire/Yorkshire border.  John was a friendly and considerate man, with a non-doctrinaire and enjoyable approach to New Orleans music: I shall miss him.  Condolences to his family and close friends.

Harmoniously,

John Muskett

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