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★ Loughton Methodist Church (map) ★ Saturday 26th October 2024 ★ Door time: 2:00pm; start time: 2:30pm ★ £22.50 + booking fee Closing out Black History Month 2024, we celebrate the golden age of UK jazz with the incredible Art Themen Trio. Heavily influenced by Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins, sax …
Loughton Baptist Church (map) Saturday 14th September 2024 Door time: 1:00pm; start time: 1:30pm £ £22.50 + booking fee De Fuego are the incredible guitar duo of Tony Calvo and Edina Balczo who will tell (just a small part!) of the story of the guitar in jazz. Heavily influenced by Spanish traditional …
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The National Jazz Archive was in the news this week promoting its new grassroots Jazz venue and additional research space in Loughton Library, Essex. Interviewed by Jazzwise for its online magazine, the Archive's CEO and Chair of Trustees Mark Kass, launched his concept of national Jazz Hubs. The first of these will be opened in Loughton Library i …
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As part of my MA in History, I completed a placement for the National Jazz Archive in April 2022. I catalogued part of Roy Hulbert's personal collection who was a lifelong jazz fan and donated his collection to the archive in his will. Hulbert's collection consists of personal items and jazz memorabilia, including autographs, concert tickets, an …
