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7 Items (parts (photocopies), 32 cm.)
5 Items (parts (photocopies), 28 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0301
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
12 parts
Tang is contained in one of twenty five folders for "Afro-Eurasian eclipse" consisting of 12 parts in c minor concert -- in photocopy -- in unidentified hand.
Parts in 2 groupings -- (i) Parts for 1 trumpet - Cat; 1 trombone - 1. -- (ii) Parts for 5 reeds - Norris, Proc, Ash, Paul, Harry; 2 trumpets - 2, 3; 2 trombones - 2, bass; bass. -- Grouping i from the Duke Ellington Library.
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14 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
14 parts
Y.G.O. is contained in one of sixty two folders for "Black, brown and beige" consisting of 14 parts in Bb Major concert -- in ink -- in unidentified hands (Tizol, Whaley, Sanders?).
Parts for 5 reeds - Otto, Johnny, Chauncey, Sears, Carney; 5 trumpets - Rex, 2, Nance, Baker, Wallace; 3 trombones - Tricky, Tizol, Brown; bass. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.
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Several copy scores (31 cm.)
Several parts (varying sizes.)
Several short scores (31 cm.)
- Collection ID:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Afro Bossa is contained in 1 flat storage box consisting of several short scores and parts, in varying keys, -- some pencil, some ink -- some Ellington manuscripts, some Strayhorn manuscripts, others in unidentified copyist's hands (Whaley? et al.) -- from the Duke Ellington and Mercer Ellington Libraries.
Short titles include: Absinthe, Afro Bossa, Bossa(?), Angu, Bonga, Bula, Eighth Veil, Moon Bow, Purple Gazelle, Silk Lace (also known as Caline), Tigress, etc. -- also included with Afro Bossa are two folders of unidentified parts and pages that may be related to the title.
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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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1 Item (mixed score(s) and/or part(s) (holograph), 32 cm.)
1 Item (copy score, 32 cm.)
- Collection ID:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
see BEAUTIFUL INDIANS
1 part and 1 score
Minnehaha is contained in one of six folders for "The beautiful indians" consisting of 1 six page piano conductor score in C Major concert, and 1 part in Bb Major concert -- in ink and pencil -- in identified hand (Benjamin) and unidentified hand (Whaley?).
Items in 2 groupings -- (i) Piano conductor score. Piano conductor score does not indicate instrumentation. -- (ii) Part for piano. -- Grouping i from the Duke Ellington Library.
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Smithsonian Productions
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1991-2001
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8 cu. ft. (16 document boxes)
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- Accession 04-062
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiotapes created during the production of the radio series "Jazz Smithsonian." Hosted by Lena Horne, the series features the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra in concert, performing classic American jazz of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, as well as oral histories of American jazz legends. Each show i...
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Jazz Band, 1930's [cellulose acetate negatives]
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Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Agfa (film manufactuer)
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1930s
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- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.01
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Ink on negative: Jazz Band 1930's S-H-6.8 .Nine-piece jazz band performing on stage, includes four saxophones, bass, guitar, drums, and piano. Edge imprint: "Agfa Safety Film"
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1950-1971
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Record labels, photograph, line notes (final), misc. notes
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Tucker, Irma
Tucker, Bobby, 1923-2008
Eckstine, Billy
Jones, Quincy, 1933-
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1883-2007, undated
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36 Cubic feet (88 boxes)
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the life and musical career of Robert "Bobby" Tucker. The collection particularly emphasizes Tucker's close collaboration with Billy Eckstine over a forty-year period from approximately 1949-1990, and includes original orchestrations of arrangements by Tucker and other arrangers, a complete set of commercial recordings by Eckstine for which Tucker served as arranger, and ephemeral material including photographs, concert programs and news clippings.
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see also Jazz Hot, Le
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see History Of Jazz In Three Minutes