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{"value"=>"186200", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"SCP 186200", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b23004278", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1928-2012", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1928/2012"}
{"value"=>"1940s-2012", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1940/2012"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Stanley Crouch photographs"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes, 1 oversize folder", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.05 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Stanley Crouch (1945-2020) was a Black American music and cultural critic, syndicated columnist, and biographer. Crouch's photographs date from 1928 to 2012 (bulk dates 1940s-2012) and contain prints, negatives, and slides that primarily depict his professional and personal life during the 1990s and 2000s. Also included are photographs of jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker that Crouch used for his book, <span class=\"title\">Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker</span>."}
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Crouch, Stanley", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Stanley Crouch was born on December 14, 1945 in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School, he attended junior colleges in the Los Angeles area, and became involved in the American Civil Rights movement. Crouch embraced Black nationalism after witnessing the 1965 Watts race riots, later breaking with the ideology upon befriending writers Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray.</p> <p>During the mid-1960s, Crouch gained recognition for his poetry, and taught poetry, literature, and theater at the Claremont Colleges from 1968 to 1975. At Claremont, he co-founded Black Music Infinity, an avant-garde jazz band that consisted of Crouch on drums alongside saxophonists David Murray and Arthur Blythe.</p> <p>In 1975, Crouch moved to New York City. He played drums for five years with Murray and other groups, and wrote for <span class=\"title\">SoHo Weekly News</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Village Voice</span>. Crouch subsequently rejected his avant-garde jazz past. From 1979 to 1988, he was a staff writer at the <span class=\"title\">Voice</span>, where he became known for his fierce criticism of jazz fusion and avant-garde movements, often attacking its proponents in his writing. During this time, Crouch advocated for the neotraditionalist trend, which he believed preserved the core principles of jazz. In 1987, he helped establish Jazz at Lincoln Center, becoming its artistic consultant; Wynton Marsalis, Crouch's friend and protégée, joined the Center in 1991, later serving as artistic director.</p> <p>Following his tenure at the <span class=\"title\">Voice</span>, Crouch continued to write about music, race, and culture, working as a syndicated columnist for <span class=\"title\">New York Daily News</span> beginning in the mid-1990s. He published several books of criticism, including <span class=\"title\">Notes of a Hanging Judge: Essays and Reviews, 1979-1989</span> (1990); <span class=\"title\">The All-American Skin Game; or, The Decoy of Race: The Long and the Short of It, 1990-1994</span> (1995); <span class=\"title\">Always in Pursuit: Fresh American Perspectives, 1995-1997</span> (1998); and <span class=\"title\">Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz</span> (2006). Crouch also wrote a novel, <span class=\"title\">Don't the Moon Look Lonesome?</span> (2000), and a biography of jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, <span class=\"title\">Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker</span> (2013). In addition to his writing, Crouch participated as a source for documentaries and television programs, notably <span class=\"title\">Ken Burns' Jazz</span> and <span class=\"title\">Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson</span>.</p> <p>Crouch received numerous awards and honors throughout his career. He was presented with the Whiting Award in 1991, a MacArthur Fellows Program \"genius grant\" in 1993, and an honorary doctorate from Metropolitan College of New York in 2005. Crouch died from an unspecified illness on September 16, 2020 at age 74.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Stanley Crouch photographs, dating from 1928 to 2012 (bulk dates 1940s-2012), depict Crouch attending professional events from the 1990s to 2012; and contain portraits of Crouch from the same period, along with images of his travels. Also present are photographs of jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker that Crouch used for his book, <span class=\"title\">Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker</span>, as well as portraits of other artists and writers. Most photographs are 4\" x 6\", with some 8\" x 10\" prints, negatives, and slides. The collection is arranged in three groups: Events; Personal; and Other Artists and Writers. Photographs in each group are ordered alphabetically.</p> <p>The majority of events depicted feature Crouch receiving an award, delivering a speech, or reading from his works. Events include the inaugural Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, WCLK 25th Annual Pride in Progress at Clark Atlanta University, and the American Academy of Achievement's 1995 International Achievement Summit. There are also numerous photographs from Crouch's formal 50th birthday party with friends and colleagues in attendance; and his daughter's college graduation. Photographs of unidentified events are ordered before the alphabetical listing. Negatives are most commonly found with the Events photographs.</p> <p>Crouch's personal photographs consist of his portraits taken by Jill Krementz and Michael Keel. Portraits of his mother and daughter are held here as well, in addition to photographs from Crouch's travels during the 1990s. There is a file of images of Crouch's apartment after a fire; and images of sculptures from various museum exhibits that Crouch kept with his personal photographs.</p> <p>The Charlie Parker photographs, held in the Other Artists and Writers grouping, show Parker performing, rehearsing, and with family and friends. Most of the Parker photographs date from the late 1940s and early 1950s, with an additional 1928 print of the Oklahoma City Blue Devils. This grouping also contains portraits and promotional shots of writers and jazz musicians such as Ralph Ellison, Abbey Lincoln, Sonny Rollins, and Richard Wright; a file of images related to visual artist Frederick James Brown; and production stills from the films <span class=\"title\">Nothing but a Man</span> (1964), <span class=\"title\">Music in Monk Time</span> (1983), <span class=\"title\">Bird</span> (1988), and <span class=\"title\">House Party</span> (1990).</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is arranged in the following groups: Events, Personal, and Other Artists and Writers.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller in 2019.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Photographs transferred from the Stanley Crouch papers in Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books, Schomburg Center.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Nathan Evans</span> in <span class=\"date\">2023</span>.</p>"}
- date_start
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1928
- keydate
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1928
- date_end
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2012
- date_inclusive_start
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1928
- date_inclusive_end
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2012
- date_bulk_start
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1940
- date_bulk_end
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2012
- extent_statement
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1.05 linear feet (3 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Stanley Crouch photographs, Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library"}