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ISSUE 21 ° November 2010 Ne w s L E T T e R Editor: Dave Gelly ISSUE 21 ° November 2010 Making Progress There has been excel- lent progress in the devel- opment phase of our Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) access develop- ment project. The Project Archivist, Lawrence Barker, has been Alan Barnes – great raconteur as NATIONAL JAZZ ARCHIVE JAZZ NATIONAL busy identifying, accessioning well as a phenomenal musician and sample-cataloguing our Angela Davies, Project – will be the subject of our next collections, using the Essex Manager, and Lawrence Celebrity Interview and play live Record Office’s online cata- Barker, Project Archivist on Saturday 26 March 2011, loguing system.* The collec- 1.30 – 4.30pm, at tions have also been reorgan- Flow Associates have ised and rehoused in special devised a questionnaire, Loughton Methodist Church archival boxes, and our poli- inviting interested people Tickets £10 from David Nathan cies and procedures have and organisations to con- at the Archive been refined. All this has been tribute ideas to help the (cheques payable to National approved by senior archivists Archive achieve the widest Jazz Archive) and conservators at Essex possible appeal. Please also see Page 5 Record Office. This development phase is We have also been work- scheduled to be completed ing with our consultants, by the end of November and Flow Associates, to develop a will provide us with a plan of comprehensive Education approach when submitting and Outreach programme to our second-round application support our major bid. The early in 2011. N J A Archive plans to do this *The Archive’s accessions Loughton Library, Traps Hill through digitisation and smart records have been published Loughton, Essex IG10 1HD use of digital media channels. on SEAX. To view them, go Tel. 020 8502 0181 We also aim to improve the to http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk Fax 020 8508 5041 access offer at the Archive and enter NJA in the e-mail: [email protected] itself and work locally with Document Reference box, website: nationaljazzarchive.co.uk audience groups. top right of the screen. SUPPORTED BY ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL, LIBRARIES ARCHIVE NEWS by DAVID NATHAN jazz discographer, donated a George Webb Collection considerable amount of his original research material, A BBC contract dating from especially in relation to the 1946 was among the Brunswick, Okeh and Vocalion fascinating collection of labels. There were also some correspondence, photographs books which we did not have, and books donated to the including Brunswick – the story Archive by Penny Ham, of an American company from George Webb’s daughter. The 1845 to 1985 and Record contract, for a broadcast in Collecting - a guide for beginners the Radio Rhythm Club series by Boris Semeonoff. Photo: John Root, Ongar Jazz on the Light Programme, David Nathan stipulates a fee of 16 guineas Pre-war British Ongar Jazz Club (£16.80) for seven musicians, bandleaders ‘including the personal At our summer jazz event Tom Leonard sent us signed appearance of George Webb John Root presented us with a photos of British bandleaders, as conductor’. cheque for £250 on behalf of including Billy Cotton, Joe Ongar Jazz Club. Our grateful Among the books which we Loss and Jack Payne. With the thanks go to them for their did not already have were The help of Trustee Graham continuing magnificent World of Trog, by Wally Langley, we have also recently support of the Archive and to Fawkes, Ain’t Misbehavin’ – the purchased a fine collection of John for the excellent photo Story of Colchester Jazz Club, signed photographs of several and video work he does at and two from Lord Arsenal other bandleaders, including many events. (Alan Bradley): Laugh? I nearly Ambrose, Roy Fox, Geraldo, smoked by own fags! and Joe Bryan mementoes Henry Hall and Jack Jackson, Laugh? I nearly bought my own Victoria Bryan sent us papers together with unsigned beer!. The latter has a nice and flyers relating to The pictures of many more photo on the cover of George Canteen, the jazz club in bandleaders and players. with his wife Minha and Digby Parker Street, Covent Historic souvenir Fairweather. Garden, operated by her William Powell sent us a A report on the tribute uncle, Joe Bryan, from 1981 splendid tie from the concert to George appears on to 1983, together with other memorial cricket match page 6. London venues of the early played on 10th July between eighties. The material was Owen and Iris Bryce Vic Lewis CC and Royal donated on behalf of Joe’s Household CC. During the George Webb widow, Jean Bryan. tribute concert, Owen and Iris Brian Fearon Jazz Book Club kindly gave me some splendid Brian, who is a Friend of the jazz calendars, including the George Clemence has Archive, brought in a Classic Jazz and Golden Age donated a complete run of considerable number of books, of Jazz photo-calendars this classic reprint series. some of which we did not featuring work by Milt Hinton, Frank Dutton Collection have. The balance went into Herman Leonard and William Patricia Davies, sister of the our Outreach programme. Gottlieb. late Frank Dutton, distinguished Continued on page 3 2 National Jazz Archive Newsletter Issue 21 Angela Taylor Jazz North-East, where he was Books), Digby Fairweather, Jane Angela brought in a run of secretary for 35 years. She gave Hunter-Randall, Sir Michael Melody Makers from 1949 to us a wonderful donation of Parkinson, Arthur Vines and the 1964, which had belonged to £400, part of the funds raised at Wavendon Foundation. her late father, Donald King. a Jazz North-East tribute New books concert dedicated to Chris’s Ormonde Thompson Apart from those we purchase memory. To date, Laura has courtesy of Essex County Ormonde, the widow of also sent us samples of Chris’s Council, signed copies have trumpeter Bill Thompson, course planning outlines which kindly been donated by donated his book collection, he used in adult education – A Duncan Heining of his book together with some magazines Short History of Jazz (1), Jazz, George Russell: the story of an and a framed New Orleans Blues and Gospel Music, and Ten American composer (Scarecrow caricature More Major Jazz Recordings. Press) and Ray Pallett’s They Brian White and Geoff Cole Other donations Called Him Al – the musical life These two fine musicians Our thanks also go to all our of Al Bowlly (Bear Manor called in and donated donors since the last Media). Jazz North-East also programmes and a superb, Newsletter, including Jean Ager sent us a copy of Chris Yates’s large framed montage of (via John Scott Cree), Brian book Blue Horizons (Farthings photos of American stars who Barnard, Derek Coller, Martin Design & Publishing). have guested with the Magna Colvill, Roger Horton, George Volunteers Jazz Band at New Malden Jazz Hulme, Rodney Jones, Eric Sincere and continuing thanks Society gigs at the Brewster, Kemp, Veronica Laurie, Jill go to our splendid team for Kingston – including Kenny Llewellyn (on behalf of the late their excellent work – Wally Davern, Yank Lawson, George Eric Koss), Scott Nicol, Karen Barnard, Gemma Boyd, Steve Masso and Benny Waters. Prentice, David Richards, John Carter, Alan Quaife, Christine Laura Yates Rothery, Hughie Weiner and Smith and George Wilkinson. Betty Wright. Thanks also to Laura is the widow of Chris Grateful thanks also to Jackie the donors of raffle prizes at Yates, the distinguished jazz Pryke and Peter Smith for all our Summer Event – Ann & writer (Jazz UK, Jazz Rag etc), their great support at our Roger Cotterrell (Northway lecturer and a leading light of events. Jazz Archive at the Barbican The Archive is to have its own exhibition at At a meeting with the Barbican’s Assistant the Barbican Music Library, one of the most Music Librarian, Richard L. Jones, Archivist prestigious of its kind in Britain. It will take David Nathan and Trustee Dave Gelly also its place in the Library’s programme of pre- arranged for the Barbican to keep a supply sentations on special topics, showing exam- of Archive brochures on display and to ples of the wide variety of material and top- receive regular copies of this Newsletter for ics covered by our activities. its periodicals section. The exhibition space is an established feature It is planned to mount the exhibition in April of the Library’s entrance foyer, prominently 2011, the exact date to be announced on sited and equipped with well-placed spot- our website. The duration has yet to be lights. It also features a ‘listening post’ and decided. It is hoped that this will be the first headphones, which we aim to programme in an occasional series of such presenta- with appropriately chosen jazz tracks. tions. Issue 21 National Jazz Archive Newsletter 3 New Patrons The National Jazz Archive is Kate Westbrook’s proud to announce the repertoire embraces names of three distinguished Contemporary Music, Opera new Patrons. They are and Music Hall, as well as composers and performers Jazz and Popular Song. She Kate and Mike Westbrook has sung with ensembles as and author and academic diverse as The London Professor Stuart Symphony Orchestra, her Nicholson. own band The Skirmishers, Mike and Kate Westbrook Mike Westbrook, whose Heribert Leuchter’s ‘Lux personal papers are now Orchester’ and the many lodged here at the Archive, Westbrook groups. Her has led and composed for recordings include Goodbye Big Bands and small groups Peter Lorre featuring the since the 1960’s. He has Brecht / Eisler ‘Hollywood toured extensively and has Elegies’, Cuff Clout, a modern made 50 albums. His music hall, in which her lyrics principal compositions for are set by eight composers from the worlds of jazz, Jazz Orchestra include Prof Stuart Nicholson Citadel/Room 315 featuring rock, pop and contemporary John Surman, On Duke’s classical music and ‘allsorts’ a journalism has appeared in Birthday dedicated to the Duo album with Mike the pages of The New York memory of Duke Ellington Westbrook.
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