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Violet Milne Ephemera Collection
Gordon Wright Ephemera Collection
Sophie Bancroft Collection
A collection of ephemera generously donated to the SJA by jazz singer, composer and educator, Sophie Bancroft.
Ken Mathieson Collection
A collection of ephemera donated by drummer and founding director of the Glasgow International Jazz Festival.
Keith Bruce Collection
A collection of brochures for Glasgow International Jazz Festival kindly donated by Keith Bruce former Arts Editor at the Glasgow Herald and director of GIJF.
Wilma Fisher Collection
Concert posters and programmes donated by Alan Fisher collected by his mother, a life-long jazz fan.
Gordon Wright Photo Collection
A collection of photographs donated by Gordon Wright
Phil Croal Photo Collection
A selection of photos taken by Phil Croal, who donated the collection to the archive. These photos were taken throughout the 1970s and early 1980s at gigs promoted by Platform.
Douglas Richardson Collection
A collection of photographs taken by Douglas Richardson of jazz musicians in Edinburgh in the early 1960s.
John Latham Photo Collection
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Included in: Wilma Fisher Collection | Posters | Programmes | Collection | Scanned Image
Wilma Fisher Collection
Concert posters and programmes donated by Alan Fisher collected by his mother, a life-long jazz fan.
Included in: SJA Originals | Interview | Video
Tom Lowrie – Interview for the Scottish Jazz Archive
In conversation with Tom Lowrie. Part of a commissioned series of interviews recorded in 2017.
Included in: Photos | Photo Collection
Phil Croal Photo Collection
A selection of photos taken by Phil Croal throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.
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Norrie Thomson
Jazz afficionado, jazz promoter and treasurer of the Scottish Jazz Archive.
Included in: SJA Originals | Interview | Video
Kenny Ellis – Interview for the Scottish Jazz Archive
Included in: Ken Mathieson Collection | Ephemera | Collection
Ken Mathieson Collection
A collection of programmes and photographs encompassing Scottish jazz festivals.
Included in: Keith Bruce Collection | Photo Collection
Keith Bruce Collection
A selection of covers from brochures for the Glasgow International Jazz Festival.
Included in: John Latham Collection | Photo Collection
John Latham Photo Collection
A collection of ephemera kindly donated by the Sandy Brown Archive detailing the life and times of Scotland’s superstar clarinetist and renowned acoustician.
Included in: Gordon Wright Photo Collection | Photos | Photo Collection
Gordon Wright Photo Collection
A collection of photographs donated by Gordon Wright
Included in: SJA Originals | Interview | Video
Freddy King – Interview for the Scottish Jazz Archive
Included in: SJA Originals | Interview | Video
Fionna Duncan – Interview for the Scottish Jazz Archive
In conversation with Fionna Duncan. Part of a commissioned series of interviews recorded in 2017.
Included in: Douglas Richardson Collection | Photos | Photo Collection
Douglas Richardson Collection
A collection of photographs taken by Douglas Richardson of jazz musicians in Edinburgh in the early 1960s.
Included in: SJA Originals | Interview | Video
Charles ‘Dizzy’ Jackson – Interview for the Scottish Jazz Archive
In conversation with Charles ‘Dizzy’ Jackson. Part of a commissioned series of interviews recorded in 2017.
Included in: SJA Originals | Interview | Written Histories | Online Article | PDF
An Interview with Bill Kyle
Part of the SJA written histories series. This interview with Bill Kyle was recorded by Haftor Medbøe at the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, in October 2015 to contribute to research on Scottish jazz promoters, an output from which Promotion Anxieties: jazz promoters on the UK scene later appeared in Jazz Research Journal, Vol 11, No 1 (2017), Equinox.
