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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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Taking the Archive out of the Cupboard and into the Community Bringing the National Jazz Archive to the heart of East London, our team was thrilled to serve as a Cultural Partner at the recent Brick Lane Jazz Festival. From 24–26 April 2026, we joined forces with London’s thriving underground music community at the historic Old Truman B …
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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 …
