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National Jazz and Blues Festival

Index National Jazz and Blues Festival

The National Jazz and Blues Festival was the precursor to the Reading Rock Festival and was the brainchild of Harold Pendleton, the founder of the prestigious Marquee Club in Soho. [1]

26 relations: Athletic Ground, Richmond, Blues, Cream (band), Fleetwood Mac, Folk music, George Melly, Hard rock, Harold Pendleton, Hawkwind, Heavy metal music, Jazz, Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin (musician), List of blues festivals, List of jazz festivals, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Marquee Club, Plumpton, East Sussex, Progressive rock, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Reading, Berkshire, Rory Gallagher, Soho, Sunbury-on-Thames, Thin Lizzy, Windsor, Berkshire.

Athletic Ground, Richmond

The Athletic Ground, Richmond is a rugby ground, managed by Richmond Athletic Association, home to Green King IPA Championship sides Richmond and London Scottish.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.

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Cream (band)

Cream were a 1960s British rock power trio consisting of drummer Ginger Baker, guitarist/singer Eric Clapton and lead singer/bassist Jack Bruce.

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Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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George Melly

Alan George Heywood Melly (17 August 1926 – 5 July 2007) was an English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer and lecturer.

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Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements.

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Harold Pendleton

Harold Pendleton (17 July 1924 – 22 September 2017) was a British music business executive and former club owner, who established the Marquee Club in London and the National Jazz Festival, the precursor of the Reading Rock Festival.

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Hawkwind

Hawkwind are an English rock band and one of the earliest space rock groups.

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Heavy metal music

Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jeff Beck

Geoffrey Arnold Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist.

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John McLaughlin (musician)

John McLaughlin (born 4 January 1942), also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer.

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List of blues festivals

Blues festivals are music festivals which focus on blues music.

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List of jazz festivals

Jazz has appeared in various festivals since the genre originated in African American communities during the late 19th and early 20th century.

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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in southwest London, England, forms part of Outer London and is the only London borough on both sides of the River Thames.

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Marquee Club

The Marquee Club was a music venue first located at 165 Oxford Street, London, England when it opened in 1958 with a range of jazz and skiffle acts.

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Plumpton, East Sussex

Plumpton is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England.

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Progressive rock

Progressive rock (shortened as prog; sometimes called art rock, classical rock or symphonic rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s.

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Reading and Leeds Festivals

The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual rock music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England.

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Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a large, historically important minster town in Berkshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Rory Gallagher

William Rory Gallagher (2 March 1948 – 14 June 1995) was an Irish blues and rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer.

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Soho

Soho is an area of the City of Westminster, part of the West End of London.

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Sunbury-on-Thames

Sunbury-on-Thames is a town and London suburb located in Surrey, England.

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Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy are a hard rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969.

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Windsor, Berkshire

Windsor is a historic market town and unparished area in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Jazz_and_Blues_Festival

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