Interviews
Below is a selection of filmed interviews with grandees of the Scottish jazz scene. Where possible, these interviews have been filmed in a studio setting or in the interviewee’s home. A number of interviews have been conducted online for reasons of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic or to minimise long-distance travel. Click on individual video thumbnails for unique and wonderfully vivid stories about the foundations of Scotland’s jazz community that underpin the SJA collections:
Fionna Duncan – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2017
Tom Lowrie – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2017
Charles 'Dizzy' Jackson – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2017
Alan Steadman – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2017
Ken Mathieson – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2017
Dave Swanson – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2017
Andrew Lauder – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2019
Norrie Thomson – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2019
Lachlan MacColl – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2019
Kenny & Violet Milne – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2019
Graham Blamire – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2019
Donald 'Chick' Murray – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2019
Andrew Lauder – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2019
Bob Busby – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2019
Colin Steele – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2019
Dick Lee – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2019
Freddie King – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2019
Jim Petrie – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2019
Kenny Ellis – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2019
Jim Vincent – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2020
Martin Taylor MBE – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2020
Stewart Forbes – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2020
Lennie Herd – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2020
Alan Wallace – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2020
Graham Stark – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2020
Hamish McGregor – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2020
Rob Adams – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2020
Sophie Bancroft & Tom Lyne – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2021
Gina Rae & Sylvia Rae – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2021
Tom Bancroft – Interviewed for Scottish Jazz Archive 2021
Ronnie Rae – Interviewed for Scottish Jazz Archive 2021
Mike Westwater – Interviewed for Scottish Jazz Archive 2022
Haftor Medbøe – Interviewed for Scottish Jazz Archive 2023
Ralph Laing – Interviewed for Scottish Jazz Archive 2023
John Burgess – Interviewed for Scottish Jazz Archive 2023
John Russell – Interviewed for Scottish Jazz Archive 2023
Konrad Wiszniewski – Interviewed for Scottish Jazz Archive 2023
Bill Hay – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2023
Alastair Robertson – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2023