Douglas Richardson Collection – Scottish Jazz Archive

Douglas Richardson Collection

Source: Douglas Richardson

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Source: Douglas Richardson

Date of recording:

Location of recording: Edinburgh

Reference / Archive ID: SJA_DR

Ingest date: 18/02/2026

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Media and technical details

Original format: Photograph print

Digitised format: JPEG

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Provenance and acquisition

Acquisition date: February 16, 2026

Acquisition method: Donation

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Copyright holder: Douglas Richardson

Rights Statement: In copyright

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Access restrictions: Restricted

A collection of photographs taken by Douglas Richardson of jazz musicians in Edinburgh in the early 1960s.

Man playing trumpet — DR1 | Jim Petrie (Climax Jazz Band) @ The Rag Parade | People: Jim Petrie

Foreground: Man playing clarinet, Background: Man playing trumpet — DR2 | Dave Paxton, Jim Petrie (Climax Jazz Band) @ Rag Parade | People: Jim Petrie | Dave Paxton

Man playing trombone — DR3 | Alan Quinn (Climax Jazz Band) @ Rag Parade | People: Alan Quinn

Man playing trumpet — DR4 | Jim Petrie (Climax Jazz Band) @ Rag Parade | People: Jim Petrie

A jazz band Left to right: Man playing trombone, man playing double bass, man playing trumpet, man playing drum kit, man playing clarinet, man playing banjo — DR5 | Jim Petrie, Alan Quinn, Gerard Dott, Mike Hart, Jim Young (Climax) @ Woolpack | People: Gerard Dott | Jim Petrie | Alan Quinn | Mike Hart | Jim Young

Man with trombone singing into a microphone — DR6 | Alan Quinn (Climax) @ Woolpack | People: Alan Quinn

Jazz band Left to right: Man playing trombone, man playing trumpet, man playing clarinet. — DR7 | Alan Quinn, Jim Petrie, Gerard Dott (Climax) @ Woolpack | People: Gerard Dott | Jim Petrie | Alan Quinn

Left to right: Man playing trombone, man playing drum kit, man playing trumpet — DR8 | Alan Quinn, Jim Petrie, Johnny Nicholson (McGlynn) - Climax - Woolpack | People: Jim Petrie | Alan Quinn | Johnny Nicholson (McGlynn)

Left to right: Man playing trombone, man playing double bass — DR9 | Alan Quinn, Jim Young Climax - Woolpack | People: Alan Quinn | Jim Young

Left to right: Man playing drum kit, man playing trumpet, man playing clarinet — DR10 | Jim Petrie, Gerard Dott ? - Climax - Woolpack | People: Gerard Dott | Jim Petrie

Man with trumpet singing into a microphone — DR11 | Jim Petrie (Climax Jazz Band) @ Woolpack | People: Jim Petrie

Man playing drum kit — DR12 | Johnny Nicholson (McGlynn) - Climax - Woolpack | People: Johnny Nicholson (McGlynn)

Left to right: Man playing drum kit, man playing banjo — DR13 | Johnny Nicholson (McGlynn), Mike Hart - Climax - Woolpack | People: Mike Hart | Johnny Nicholson (McGlynn)

Jazz band playing while people on the left are in conversation. Musicians, left to right: Man playing double bass, man playing clarinet, man playing trumpet, man playing trombone — DR14 | Band unknown

Man playing double bass — DR15 | Band unknown - The Hole in the Wa' Bristo Place

Left to right: Man playing marimba, man playing drum kit, man playing double bass, man playing guitar — DR16 | Band unknown - The Hole in the Wa' Bristo Place

Man playing drum kit — DR17 | Unknown bassist - The Hole in the Wa' Bristo Place

Man playing drum kit — DR18 | Unknown drummer - The Hole in the Wa' Bristo Place

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