Jazz Services - A voice for jazz

 The attached document is an edited copy of an environmental analysis that informed Jazz Services business planning 2008/2011. Jazz Services hopes it will add to the general pool of knowledge of jazz in the UK and that it will be of use for students undertaking business studies or courses in the music industry. The document was written in August 2008.  

Another successful year for Jazz Services Ltd (JSL) was had in 2009/10 with staff working hard to uphold and adhere to Jazz Services' aims and objectives. In fact a heroic effort was made by staff whose overtime calculated in monetary value totalled over £32,000!

A Summary Of The Jazz Services Business Plan And Action Programme2011/2012, presented by Chris Hodgkins.

In September 2007, the North East Jazz Strategy Group supported by Arts Council England North East, commissioned a research project into jazz education provision across the NE region, with a view to using it to inform a long-term jazz education strategy. The research brief sought the level and types of jazz education provision in primary and secondary schools and also within music services and more informal workshop and extra curricula contexts. In addition, both pupil and teacher perceptions of jazz were to be investigated. The document, authored by Dr Kathy Dyson, was intended not only to inform policy and strategy…