Bringing you jazz concerts and much more besides

Book Launch for International Jazz Day LABYRINTH: British Jazz on Record 1960–75 Richard Morton Jack in Conversation With Jon Newey   Jazz Hub @ The National Jazz Archive (map) Saturday 27th April 2024 Door time: 9.30am; start time: 10.30am £ £10.00 + booking fee   Helping us celebrate International J …

  Loughton Methodist Church (map) Saturday 27th April 2024 Door time: 1.30pm; start time: 2.30pm £ £22.50 + booking fee   Born in 1930 in Calcutta, composer and violinist John Mayer studied in Bombay before coming to England in 1952 to take up a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music. We are really exc …

  Loughton Baptist Church (map) Saturday 9th March 2024 Door time: 1:00pm; start time: 1:30pm £ £22.50 + booking fee   Following on from the success of our previous event at Loughton Baptist Church, we're excited to announce a very special fundraiser for the NJA, and a huge "welcome back" to the irrepressi …

PLEASE NOTE: There is a venue change for this event - NOT OUR NORMAL VENUE!   Loughton Baptist Church (map) Saturday 2nd December, 2023 Door time: 1:00pm, Start time: 1:30pm   The harp is not renowned as a traditional jazz instrument, so we're excited to present a fascinating insight into this amazing instrument to …

The first in our exciting new series : The National Jazz Archive's Jazz Hub presents ...   Loughton: The National Jazz Archive (map) Saturday 9th December, 2023 Door time: 2:00pm, Start time: 2:30pm   This afternoon, composer, jazz musician and arranger, John Altman tells 'not to be missed' stories from his life …

We are very honoured to have secured this prestigious band! On Saturday 21 October at 2:30pm and in recognition of Black History Month, former Jazz Warrior bassist, Co-Founder of the incredible Tomorrow's Warriors, and NJA Patron, Gary Crosby OBE and his sextet (featuring world-class trumpeter Mark Kavuma) will bring together an incredible after …

Another fabulous storytelling concert from the National Jazz Archive, we're pleased to present the story of local-boy-done-good Dudley Moore on Saturday 15 July 2023 at 2:30pm. Famed for his phenomenal radio, TV, and Hollywood film career, Moore was a classically trained pianist from Dagenham who discovered and performed jazz at almost every opp …

The next fundraising concert for the National Jazz Archive will be on Saturday 29 April in Loughton, Essex, as we celebrate UNESCO International Jazz Day! Telling the story of jazz from where it really came from, we're proud to present the Basil Hodge Quintet featuring two of the UK's busiest and most exciting jazz performers, the irrepressible …

The next fundraising concert for the National Jazz Archive will be given by Lily Dior on Saturday 4 March in Loughton, Essex. Equally at home singing jazz, soul and blues, Lily Dior was first recognised at a very young age performing her own self-written show about Billie Holiday. Winner of countless Australian jazz awards and a long-standing re …

Chris Ingham’s Stardust Memories is packed with the songs and stories of one of America’s most enduring and endearing songwriters, Hoagy Carmichael. Wry, wise, sentimental, down-home and sophisticated, Hoagy’s songs are beloved for their warmth, wit and melodic beauty. This joyful, edifying and heartfelt salute to the ‘Old Music Master� …