The following posts share news about the National Jazz Archive. This includes details of fundraising events and concerts held by the Archive to promote jazz and jazz artists, whilst providing important funds to support our ongoing work.
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News
Welcome to our fifth e-newsletter of 2021 with news for our followers and lovers of all things jazz. Sign up to automatically receive our free monthly emails with news about the Archive. We are pleased to announce a partnership with broadcaster Jazz FM, who will be using some of the recorded interviews by the late journalist Les Tomkins, who b …
Jazz FM is to broadcast a three-part series of interviews with jazz giants Oscar Peterson, Sarah Vaughan and Art Blakey that were recorded by the late journalist Les Tomkins and are now held by the National Jazz Archive. Hosted by Helen Mayhew, these three hour-long programmes will feature the highlights of many hours of interviews, …
Welcome to our fourth e-newsletter of 2021 with news for our followers and lovers of all things jazz. Sign up to automatically receive our monthly emails with news about the Archive. Our newsletter provides details about our two new Trustees, Martin Astell and Ellie Pridgeon who have added a wealth of archive experience to the Board of Trustee …
The National Jazz Archive is delighted to announce the appointment of two new Trustees to the Board: Martin Astell and Ellie Pridgeon.Both were appointed in April 2021 and bring a wealth of complementary archive experience to the 13-person Board.Martin is Manager of Essex Record Office, based in Chelmsford. He has worked with a range of archives, i …
Welcome to our third e-newsletter of 2021 with news for our followers and lovers of all things jazz. Sign up to automatically receive our monthly emails with news about the Archive. There are details in the newsletter about the Jazz FM series 'The definitive history of jazz in Britain'. This great radio series has included contributions from a …
The National Jazz Archive is excited and honoured to display online a collection of photographs by John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins (1937 to 2015), who was an iconic leader of the 1960s ‘counter-culture’ movement in Britain. ‘Hoppy’, a jazz fan and social activist, captures this heady, fast-moving period in a series of evocative images. Artists …
Welcome to our second e-newsletter of 2021 as we move out of winter and into spring. Sign up to automatically receive our monthly emails with news about the Archive. In this latest post we have more second-hand books available to buy in a half-price spring sale, which will be of interest to all jazz researchers and aficionados. We also have t …
Read previous National Jazz Archive news articles or older archived newsletters..
Events
We are looking forward to when we will be able to host fundraising events again. This has been a challenging time for charities and live performers and we are keen to promote great jazz music, as well as help generate much needed funds for the archive. We will keep everyone informed of our plans for future events as soon as the Government Covid-19 …
Read about past events held by the National Jazz Archive.