Series I: Scores, Productions, and Working Files

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{"value"=>"1969-2009", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1969/2009"}

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{"value"=>"Series I: Scores, Productions, and Working Files"}

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{"value"=>"<p>The Scores, Productions, and Working Files series date from 1969 to 2009 and contain full scores, instrument parts, notes, drafts, correspondence, recordings, and librettos related to works composed or arranged by Jenkins. This includes songs, orchestral works, operas, dance composition, and improvisational pieces. Files are arranged alphabetically, with works written by others, but arranged by Jenkins, filed at the end.</p> <p>Held here are songs, commissions, and orchestrations from throughout Jenkins' life and career. Prominent works represented include the operas <span class=\"title\">The Mother of Three Sons</span>, <span class=\"title\">Fresh Faust</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Negros Burial Ground</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Three Willies</span>. Some works may be credited to co-writers. Works written by others, with arrangement by Jenkins, include works by Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Wayne Shorter, and Billy Strayhorn.</p> <p>There is also a small amount of unidentified material including scores, charts, and a notebook.</p>"}

accessrestrict

{"value"=>"<p>Inquiries regarding audio and video materials in the collection may be directed to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (recordedsound@nypl.org). Audio and video materials will be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.</p>"}

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1969

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1969

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2009

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1969

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2009

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1. "10 Minute Sample"
2. "After All This"
3. "Ai Glatson"
4. "Albert Ayler (His Life Was Too Short)"
5. "All Praise To His Name"
6. "All The World's A Stage" [3/2]
7. "Alone Together/Apart"
8. "American Intricatus"
9. The Art of Improvisation II [1/1]
10. Background To Life - A Suite For: Solo Violin
11. "Baliophone Song"
12. "A Beautiful Flower Grows"
13. "Beer Song"
14. "Big Wood" [2/2]
15. "Bird, Eddie, and Monk"
16. "Blountstown American Legion Hall"
17. "Bluejay On The Fire Escape" [3/2]
18. "Blue Peaking Thru"
19. "The Bomb That Is..."
20. "B'Pale Night"
21. "Brax Stone" [2/1]
22. "Breath of Life"
23. "Bunny Duckworth" [2/1]
24. "Cal Thoughts"
25. "Carnivale Jig"
26. "Celebration of the New Born" [2/1]
27. "Change Two Three"
28. "Chicago"
29. Chop Chop [2/1]
30. "Circumstances"
31. "Clear As The Day" [2/1]
32. "Closer Walk"
33. Coincidents [9/2]
34. "Collegno"
35. "Color Eugoloid" [3/2]
36. "Come on Home"
37. "Computer Mind Insect"
38. Concerto for Improvised Violin and Chamber Orchestra [2/1]
39. "Congregation"
40. "Dance (Celebratory)"
41. "Danse Macabre"
42. "Day Is Over"
43. "Dooms Day?"
44. "Downtown Strut"
45. "Dream of Dreams of Home" [2/1]
46. "Drugs Trilogy"
47. "Duet"
48. "Festival Finale"
49. "Finale to Dec. I"
50. "Fine Musicians" [2/1]
51. "Fool's Verse"
52. For Players Only [2/2]
53. "Four Mix Quintets"
54. "Free Spirit"
55. Fresh Faust [12/2]
56. "Friendship Song"
57. Gizmo/Hard Knocks/Bootstraps [3/2]
58. "Gonna Get Me Some Life"
59. "Grab the Fab"
60. "Hayden Sketches Dedication"
61. "Heavy Head"
62. "He's Gone Away"
63. "Hope-Scope"
64. "Hulapalula" [1/1]
65. "The Human Factor" [2/1]
66. "I Been Around"
67. ICHO: Solitary Butterfly [2/2]
68. "Idtuam"
69. "I Fly'
70. "Illusion of Reality"
71. "Improvisations and Finale"
72. "In The Moment"
73. "In The Rain" [2/1]
74. "Involution-Evolution"
75. "Ism's Skism's"
76. "I've Been Around"
77. "I've Made Mistakes"
78. "Jain Song"
79. "The Journey" [3/1]
80. "Kick Back Stomp"
81. "Lament (Vietnam)"
82. "Lavender Blue" [2/1]
83. "Lead"
84. "Let America Be America Again" [2/1]
85. "A Letter To You"
86. "Let Us Give Praise" [2/1]
87. "Light and Joy" [2/1]
88. "Linda My Dear"
89. "Looking For The Blues"
90. "Love Themes and Improvisations" [2/1]
91. "The March of the Human Race"
92. "March of the Infidels"
93. "March Winds"
94. "Melancholia"
95. "Memories, Dreams, Reflections"
96. "Ming"
97. Minor Triad (A Love Song)
98. "Mirrors"
99. "Mixed Quintet #2"
100. "Monkey on the Dragon" [2/2]
101. The Mother of Three Sons [8/3]
102. "The Multi Colored Lake"
103. "Murray's Steps"
104. Musical Thoughts to Ponder
105. "My Daily Prayer"
106. "Mystery Things"
107. "National Baptist Convention"
108. The Negros Burial Ground [6/2]
109. "New Light"
110. "Night Stalker"
111. "No Banks River"
112. "Nyasaland's Gift" [2/1]
113. "Off Duty Dryad" [2/1]
114. "One of These Days"
115. "Orchestra #3"
116. "Out-Head"
117. "Panorama I"
118. "Parts I"
119. "Patricia"
120. "P.O. in Cairo"
121. "Quintet #3"
122. "Revival" [2/1]
123. "Rumi's Tales" [2/1]
124. "Rushing Towards The Madness"
125. "Saw Ornette On The #1"
126. "Saw Ornette on the #2 Train"
127. "Score For O"
128. "Send Me Back To Earth"
129. "Sequential"
130. "Shapes, Textures, Rhythms, Moods of Sound"
131. "She Responded"
132. "Singing Will Take Your Mind Away From Here"
133. "Sing Song"
134. "Slave Name"
135. "Slo Vay Yu"
136. "A Social - For Electric Violin and Digital Effects"
137. "Soft Morning"
138. "Solo"
139. "Solo Moto"
140. "Some Do's" [2/1]
141. Son of Juba
142. "South African Suite" [2/1]
143. "Space Minds - New Worlds"
144. "Spring Light"
145. "Stars Together"
146. "Static In the Attic"
147. "The Stomp"
148. "Suckers" [2/1]
149. "Suite Afro"
150. "Suite: Thoughts"
151. "Summers Ware"
152. "Sweet Lovely"
153. "Swift Are the Winds of Life"
154. "Tango, Rango, Bango"
155. "Thar He" [3/1]
156. Themes and Improvisations On The Blues [3/2]
157. The Three Willies [13/3]
158. "Thru The Ages"
159. "Time Out"
160. "Trio for Trio"
161. "Trio Lifetime Visions"
162. "Trio VTBB"
163. "Tuesday's Child"
164. "Turning Corners" [3/2]
165. "Unfinished Mixed Quintet"
166. Untitled
167. "Usami" [2/1]
168. "Valley Song" -- Lighting
169. "Vanity Song"
170. "Various Mirrors" [2/1]
171. "Voice of a Thousand Words: Love"
172. "Watching Dogs and Hoping That They Don't Bite"
173. "What Goes Around Comes Around"
174. "What's Goin On Over There"
175. "Where Do We Go From Here?"
176. "White Horse Lament"
177. "Why Am I Here"
178. "Will Take Your Mind Away From Here"
179. "Will There Ever Be A Time" [3/1]
180. Wonderlust [3/1]
181. John Yarling
182. Unidentified Notebook
183. Unidentified Scores and Charts
184. Arrangements of Other Works [15/3]