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The National Jazz Archive requires a great deal of skilled work to conserve, catalogue and digitise our collections, and make them accessible to researchers, writers, journalists, students and jazz enthusiasts through our website. Expert staff are needed to manage and develop the Archive to professional standards.
Your support is vital for all these tasks, and to secure the future development of the Archive. In turn, your support will preserve the jazz heritage of the past and ensure its future.
Our next fundraising concert
RE-AWAKENING
Thursday, 30 April 2026, Loughton Baptist Church at 7:30pm
It's UNESCO International Jazz Day and we're hosting a celebration of global jazz in association with this incredible worldwide event coordinated by the Herbie Hancock Institute in the USA.
Claude Deppa is one of the founding fathers of the Jazz Warriors, probably the most influenti …
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The Kix Jazz Orchestra
Saturday 18 April 2026, Loughton Baptist Church at 2pm
We're really pleased to welcome the marvellous Kix Jazz Orchestra featuring some of London's best jazz band boffins who will shake the house with the incredible sound of the Big Band returning to the National Jazz Archive.
Expect Swing, Latin, Funk, Bebop, Groove and more in an afternoo …
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Unique jazz archivist hangs up his jazz boots
After nearly 27 years in the role, David Nathan, UK specialist Jazz Research Archivist – and resident Leyton Orient FC expert – is finally hanging up his jazz boots as an employee of Essex County Council, one of The National Jazz Archive's leading supporters.
“I've thoroughly enjoyed every minute of working for the NJA and with all the peopl …
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Jazz Pioneers and Warriors – The Windrush Legacy
Jazz Pioneers and Warriors – The Windrush Legacy is an exhibition that explores the profound cultural contributions of the Windrush generation to British jazz.
Curated and developed by volunteers Paula Teo and Veronica Chou, the exhibition, housed at Loughton Library, presents a carefully researched narrative that highlights the artistic influen …
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