Found 12 collections related to Jazz musicians
Parker, Errol
Music Division | JPB 14-01
.75 linear feet (3 boxes)
Errol Parker (née Raphael Shecroun, 1925-1998) was a jazz pianist, drummer, composer, arranger, and bandleader. The Errol Parker scores, dating from 1982 to ca. 1998, mainly contain compositions and arrangements Parker created for the tentet he...
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Smith, Jabbo, 1908-1991
Music Division | JPB 97-65
2.11 cubic ft. (5 boxes)
"Jabbo" Smith, born Cladys Smith in 1908 in Pembroke, Georgia, was an African-American jazz trumpeter, trombonist and singer. He died in St. Louis in 1991. The collection consists of autobiographical material; correspondence with Lorraine Gordon...
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Salter, Bert
Music Division | JPB 99-14
5 items
Contracts granting Bert Salter permission to use in perfomance recordings of the music and marionettes in the likenesses of Buddy De Franco, Gloria Parker, George Shearing, Barry Valentino, and the Frank Petty Trio.
Elliott, Nancy Miller
Music Division | JPB 96-1
1 linear foot (175 photographic prints in 2 boxes)
Nancy Miller Elliott is a leading photographer in New York City. She assisted Buck Clayton in the publication, Buck Clayton's Jazz World, published by Oxford University Press in 1987. Two of her photographs were included in the photographic...
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Codazzi, Giuseppe Maria, 1952-
Music Division | JOB 94-36
1.5 linear feet (1 box)
Giuseppe Maria Codazzi (b. 1952) is an Italian photographer. Collection includes 10 black and white photographs of jazz musicians during performance at the Reggio Emilia Jazz concert series between the years 1980 and 1989. Musicians include Sun...
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Grimes, Henry
Music Division | JPB 19-08
3.52 linear feet (10 boxes, 2 oversize folders); 8.99 gigabytes (112 computer files)
Henry Grimes (1935-2020) was an American jazz double bassist. A versatile and innovative player, Grimes performed with some of the leading jazz performers of the 1950s and 1960s including Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, and more....
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Weiner, Henri, 1907-2002
Music Division | JPB 87-4
26 drawings : ink ; 39 x 28 cm. or smaller. 14 drawings : ink and watercolor ; 39 x 28 cm. or smaller
Stephen Longstreet is an American artist, novelist, and jazz historian. Drawings of the American jazz scene. The black and white ink drawings include 14 originals and 12 photocopies ; and there are 14 ink drawings with watercolor. Although most...
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Weiner, Henri, 1907-2002
Music Division | JPB 93-13
1 painting on paper : oil ; 56 x 40 cm. 4 drawings : ink ; 50 x 38 cm. or smaller. 5 drawings : ink and watercolor ; 41 x 48 cm. or smaller
Stephen Longstreet is an American artist, novelist, and jazz historian. 1 oil painting of Christ on the Cross; 4 ink drawings, and 5 ink and watercolor drawings of the American jazz scene. 1 ink drawing is a portrait of Lil Hardin ; most of the...
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Ellison, Sulaiman, 1951-
Music Division | JPB 87-64
45 photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller
Photographs of jazz musicians taken before, during, and after performances in the New York area, 1973-1984. Includes a list of contents and 3 lists, dated 10 May 1983, 15 July 1984, and 15 September, 1984, of names of all jazz musicians...
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Randolph, William Popsie
Music Division | JPB 93-3
13 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 24 x 20 cm. on mounts 31 x 26 cm
William "Popsie" Randolph was a company and tour manager for many jazz ensembles, including the Benny Goodman bands. Photographs of jazz musicians, many holding their instruments. 2 photographs date from the 1940's: Glenn Miller and the...
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Avakian, George
Music Division | JPB 14-28
56.72 linear feet (149 boxes, 6 oversize folders, 1 tube). 1.7 gigabytes (148 computer files). 2225 audio_files. 64 video_files
George Mesrop Avakian (1919-2017) was an American music producer, recording executive, artist manager, writer, and educator best known for his work with artists such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, John Cage, Alan Hovhaness, Keith...
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Jenkins, Leroy
Music Division | JPB 23-3
13.02 linear feet (34 boxes, 3 oversize folders). 785.0 megabytes (398 computer files)
Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007) was a Black American violinist and composer associated with the avant-garde jazz movement of the 1970s. A charter member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), Jenkins' work as a player and...
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