 Melton Mowbray is renowned for its music-making.The Melton Band (a traditional British-style brass band) can trace its directors back to 1856, and was until recently called Melton Borough Band.The colourful Melton Mowbray Toy Soldiers Marching Band was formed in 1936; and Happy Jazz – a Dixieland jazz band – had its headquarters in the town from 1996 until 2014.