Jazz and Big Band Collection
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Morrow, Buddy
Mooney, Art
Timbrell, Tiny, 1917-1992
Stacy, Jess, 1904-1995
More … - Dates:
-
1927 - 1966
- Size:
-
1.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1388
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of 235 pieces of music ephemera assembled by an anonymous California musicologist over several decades. The contents include such things as concert ticket stubs; show programs; handbills; publicity stills; record store posters; nightclub souvenirs; autographs; contracts, lobby cards; movie stills; postcards; fan and record i...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Productions
- Dates:
-
2000-2001
- Size:
-
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-215
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual materials created during the production of "People and Pianos: 300 Years," "Piano 300," and "Piano Grand!." All three productions celebrated the 300th anniversary of the piano. The documentary, "People and Pianos: 300 Years," was filmed in various locations across Europe, the United States and in Japan, ...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Productions
- Dates:
-
1996-2001
- Size:
-
14.14 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (4.14 non-standard size boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-211
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials documenting three Smithsonian Productions projects that celebrated the 300th anniversary of the piano: "People and Pianos: 300 Years," "Piano 300," and "Piano Grand!" The documentary, "People and Pianos: 300 Years," was filmed in various locations across Europe, the United States and in Japan, and featured...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Productions
- Dates:
-
2000-2002, 2009
- Size:
-
0.58 cu. ft. (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-256
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual materials created during the production of "People and Pianos: 300 Years" and "Piano Grand!," both of which celebrated the 300th anniversary of the piano. The documentary "People and Pianos: 300 Years" was filmed in various locations across Europe, the United States and in Japan, and featured experts and...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Dept. of Public Programs
Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
More … - Dates:
-
1992-2012
- Size:
-
39 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0808
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Audiotapes, CDs and digital files: an ongoing project to interview and preserve the memories of people important in the jazz world, including jazz musicians, singers, dancers, producers, arrangers, and others. A list of interviewees and interviewers follows. The following is a list of the individuals who conducted the interviews. 1. Brown, Anthon...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Sun Ra
Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-
Taylor, Billy
Stokes, W. Royal, Dr., 1930-
More … - Dates:
-
ca. 1970-2000.
- Size:
-
9.65 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0766
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Publicity photographs of musicians and entertainers, mostly jazz musicians, such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie, but including many rock and even a few classical performers. The collection also contains tape recorded radio interviews conducted between 1970 and 2003. In addition there are posters relating to musical performances.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Colker, Ed, 1927-
- Dates:
-
1944-2013
- Size:
-
3.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.colked
- Repository:
-
Archives of American Art
The papers of painter, printmaker, educator and administrator Ed Colker are dated 1944-2013 and measure 3.2 linear feet. Colker's painting, printmaking, and Haybarn Press, as well as his career as an art teacher and university administrator, are documented through biographical materials, correspondence, interviews, writings, subject files, printed material, and photographs.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Dorn, Joel, 1942-2007
- Dates:
-
1966-1987
- Size:
-
8 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0536
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Recording session logs, correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, and accounting sheets and ledger documenting Dorn's career as a producer for Atlantic Records.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Garland, Ed
Armstrong, Louis, 1900-1971
Morton, Jelly Roll, d. 1941
Levin, Floyd, 1922-2007
More … - Dates:
-
1880 - 2010
- Size:
-
42.5 Cubic feet (110 boxes, 12 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1222
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Floyd Levin was a Los Angeles textile manufacturer who turned his passion for jazz into a second career as an influential jazz journalist and historian. The collection consists of research materials including biographical files. In addition, there are numerous photographs that were taken and collected by Levin.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Fitzgerald, Ella
- Dates:
-
circa 1935-1996
- Size:
-
50 Cubic feet (92 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0584
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Ella Fitzgerald, often called the "First Lady of Song," was one of the 20th century's most important musical performers. The collection reflects her career and personal life through photographs, audio recordings, and manuscript materials.