A deluge of classic music is promised this month as Keighley trombone king Mal Webb returns with his New Orleans Jazz Band.

The band has not played since the 2000 floods forced it to leave its long-time home in Bingley's Brown Cow pub.

But Mal has finally found a new home at the Ryshworth Club, Crossflatts, and will begin weekly jazz sessions on January 28.

The Monday night Jazz Club will reunite all the members of the New Orleans band at the venue on Keighley Road.

Mal says: "We will be looking forward to seeing all our regular jazzers and possibly some new enthusiasts.

"The Ryshworth Club is perfect for a jazz club - lots of little corners, dimming lights, and a bar."

The New Orleans Jazz Band began playing Monday night sessions in Bingley 37 years ago and was at the Brown Cow for 26 years.

Until the floods in November 2000 it was attracting fans each week from as far afield as York, Sheffield and Lancashire.

The pub was refurbished following the floods, and because it did not have a disabled toilet was not allowed to have an entertainments licence.

Mal says a long search for an alternative venue ended with an invitation from the Ryshworth Club, already a home to live bands.

"I've had people asking when we're going to start again. There are hundreds of people looking for us - they come from all over," he says.

Mal, 62, who lives in Garforth Road, Keighley, began performing 47 years ago and is regarded as one of the North's foremost tailgate trombonists.

He began in the 1950s when he and his teenage schoolfriends rehearsed in Oakworth Church as the Original Worth Valley Creole Jazzband.

As the Worth Valley Jazz Band the outfit played in local youth clubs, and as the Crescent City Jazz Band supported top musicians like Acker Bilk.

Mal remained busy over the following years in several top bands, then in the 1960s he and other musicians switched to the New Orleans style.

Mal revived the Worth Valley Jazz Band two years ago to play Dixieland-style music at Keighley's Globe Inn.