National Jazz Festival

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The National Jazz Festival was a major UK music event that evolved into what later became the Reading Festival, originally focusing on jazz before expanding into rock and popular music.

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instanceOf music festival
alsoKnownAs National Jazz and Blues Festival
country United Kingdom
culturalRegion British music scene
evolution expanded from jazz to rock and popular music
founder Harold Pendleton
genre blues
jazz
popular music
rock music
historicalRole helped transition UK festivals from jazz to rock focus
inception 1961
initialFocus jazz music
laterFocus rock and pop music
location England
notableFor being an early major UK outdoor music festival
notablePeriod 1960s
organisedBy National Jazz Federation
predecessorOf Reading Festival
significance precursor to large-scale British rock festivals
status defunct
successor Reading Festival
type annual music festival

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Reading Festival precededBy National Jazz Festival
National Jazz Festival alsoKnownAs National Jazz and Blues Festival
linked to: National Jazz Festival