JAZZ AT THE 100 CLUB
A HERITAGE FUND PROJECT AT THE JAZZ CENTRE UK
ABOUT
JAZZ AT THE 100 CLUB:
BRINGING HISTORY TO LIFE
The Jazz Centre UK celebrates the work and role of the 100 Club in jazz history. We want to share its unique legacy and importance with a whole new generation of jazz musicians and audiences. This large project is funded by our second National Lottery Heritage Grant of £94,800 and started July 2019. Scroll down to see the expansive headings of our great project.
The 100 Club - based at 100 Oxford Street London - is the oldest continuously-running music venue in the world. So when, in 2019, the National Lottery Heritage Fund offered us the opportunity to conduct a project celebrating the club we were both delighted and excited!
Our National Lottery Heritage Fund project 'Jazz at The 100 Club: Bringing History to Life' covered 7 key projects: 'Fashion in Jazz', 'Jam Sessions', 'School Workshops', 'Voices from the Past', 'What Jazz Means to Me', 'Breaking Barriers' and 'Dance Workshops. This exhibition presents the finished projects within a representation of Britain's oldest venue.
This project actively celebrated heritage, young musicians, diversity, culture, dance, fashion, art and design through a variety of experiences. Enjoy our interactive displays; film showings; retail shop; art gallery; vitrine presentations; books; audio presentations and when possible, live music!
ACE OF CLUBS
We launched The Jazz Centre UK's very first book 'Ace of Clubs' published by Brewin Books.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund's approved purposes for our project allowed us to present a full celebration of all the jazz activities that have taken place at the club over seven decades. To begin with we were able to interview a wide selection of people central to the club's history; musicians to begin with, but also employees, dancers, fans, staff and - very importantly - the prime-movers who helped the club to recover its finances during the past decade and win charitable status. The result of all these interviews was the publication of a fascinating book, 'Ace of Clubs'.
There are still a few copies left in our in-centre shop. Please visit us if you would like to purchase a copy.
PROJECT OUTCOMES
DIGBY FAIRWEATHER AT THE 100 CLUB 1974
DIGBY FAIRWEATHER SAYS:
This has been our second collaboration with National Lottery Heritage Fund and Project Director Digby Fairweather says: 'From start to finish this has been a wonderful - if occasionally challenging - project, but I am very proud of our Trustees and co-workers who so ably transformed our original plans into an updated and (I think) improved on-line exercise. I myself played at the 100 Club more times than I can remember from 1971 until its jazz programming came temporarily to a halt in 2012, and I look forward to doing so again in the future. Meantime The Jazz Centre UK has accomplished something very special in both recognising and celebrating this extraordinary venue and I believe the jazz community will welcome it, just as it welcomed the establishment of The Jazz Centre UK as Britain's first-ever cultural centre for jazz music in 2016'