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
Do you like jazz, want to volunteer for the National Jazz Archive and learn about social media? If so, we'd love to hear from you. We're looking for Social Media Volunteers and it's an ideal opportunity for someone who wants to learn about social media and help us engage with our many followers. A great opportunity This opportunity is ideal for …
Welcome to our sixth 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. In a packed newsletter, we have lots of news to share about the Archive. Not least, information about the up-coming Darius Brubeck Quartet concert in Loughto …
Following our work to make the journal 'Tune Times' available to view online, the National Jazz Archive has now done the same for its rare collection of Ballroom and Band magazine. You can access this great resource from the Journal pages of our Explore section. The monochrome Ballroom and Band was a monthly British magazine that provided dance tu …
The National Jazz Archive has made its unique collection of 'Tune Times' magazine available to view online, which you can access from the Journal pages of our Explore section. Tune Times was a British magazine that started in September 1934 and claimed to be 'the leading musical monthly'. The run held by the Archive is a complete sequence up to Ma …
The National Jazz Archive is excited to be able to share its latest online photographic collection from music photographer and writer John Watson. John Watson started as a journalist and began his work as a jazz photographer nearly fifty years ago by photographing Chet Baker at the Rep Theatre in Birmingham. His photographs were nominated for Jaz …
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, …
Read previous National Jazz Archive news articles or older archived newsletters..
Events
Our next fundraising concert will be by James Pearson and his trio, who will be painting a musical portrait of Cole Porter. The concert will be on Saturday, 6 November, at Loughton Methodist Church, close to the National Jazz Archive. Part of the American Songbook, Cole Porter’s music became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, with …
We're back! After more than a year of not being able to hold fund-raising concerts, the National Jazz Archive is excited to welcome the Darius Brubeck Quartet to our local venue of Loughton Methodist Church on Saturday, 18 September, 2021. The quartet will be celebrating the music of Dave Brubeck and includes Dave Brubeck's son Darius on piano, D …
Read about past events held by the National Jazz Archive.