Preserving Scotland's Jazz History

Documenting Scotland’s long and active relationship with jazz through interviews, text, photography and audio.

The Scottish Jazz Archive captures stories, memories and materials that help keep the music alive, offering future generations a deeper understanding of Scotland’s place in jazz history.

Welcome to the Scottish Jazz Archive (SJA) website. The SJA is dedicated to preserving and promoting Scotland's rich history and heritage of jazz music. You can find out more about the archive's aims, objectives, and history on our about page and read the news relating to the archive and Scottish jazz.

On this site, you can watch interviews with Scottish jazz musicians, read histories related to the development of jazz in Scotland and by Scottish musicians, and browse specially curated photographic collections (coming soon!).

If you are interested in assisting the archive through volunteering time, donating resources and/or materials, or through any other means, we are pleased to hear from you via the support SJA page where you can find details on how to get involved. If you have any other queries relating to the archive, then please navigate to the contact page to get in touch.

From the archive

In conversation with Fionna Duncan. Part of a commissioned series of interviews recorded in 2017 by the Scottish Jazz Archive.

From the archive

The Phil Croal Collection documents a selection of gigs promoted in Scotland by Platform in the 1970s and early '80s. Below is a small taster of more than 1000 photos held by the SJA.