Welcome to our tenth and last e-newsletter of 2021 with news of our upcoming concerts in 2022 and our collaboration with JazzFM with the latest of the ‘Lost Tapes’ broadcast on Boxing Day. Don't forget to sign up to automatically receive our free monthly emails with news about the Archive. A special two-hour programme 26 December at 7 pm on …
John Ongom Big Band, featuring Catherine Lima, returns on 28 January 2022. The Archive is delighted that the John Ongom Big Band will be playing their third fundraising concert for us in Loughton on Friday 28 January 2022, starting at 7.30 pm.The outstanding 17-piece big band, directed by Angus Moncrieff, play the classic big band arrangements of …
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Saxophonist Johnny Griffin grew up in Chicago in the 1930s, and recalled: “… there was always music in the house, jazz, gospel, or whatever. Especially jazz records.” The invention of the phonograph enabled music to be preserved, reproduced and replayed for the first time. When wax cylinders were replaced by shellac discs, they could be manu …
