An open-topped bus with a difference has rolled into town - with a jump-jive crew performing live on the upper deck.

Turning heads - Karen Straw starts the ball rolling Picture: MAXINE CLARKE

The Zoltans helped turn heads as the jazz bus made off from the Cliffs Pavilion in Westcliff for an afternoon tour.

The wacky wagon then headed through Westcliff to Leigh, Rayleigh, Eastwood, Leigh, Chalkwell, Southend High Street and the sea front at the start of the International Jazz Festival yesterday, before returning to the Cliffs.

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Published Monday, August 4, 2003

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