sentences:  Among his best-known books are " Developments in English for Specific Purposes", authored with Maggie Jo St John, and "The Language of Economics", co-edited with economist Willie Henderson.Despite the demands of his 'day-job', he was from 1985, chair of Birmingham Jazz, an organisation which promoted up to 100 concerts a year at Symphony Hall, the CBSO Centre, the Adrian Boult Hall, "mac", The Drum, the Fiddle and Bone and the Glee Club.In Birmingham alone he has promoted around 1000 jazz events since 1985.