Person
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Identifier: IJS-0338
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains twenty cassette tape recordings of Danmarks Radio's yearlong Duke Ellington-related broadcasts. The collection also comprises notes and track lists from each recording.
Collection
Identifier: IJS-0162
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains 291 open reel audio recordings. The recordings consist of mostly Chicago-area live performances (1952-1958). Performers include Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Woody Herman, Arnett Cobb, Milt Buckner, Louis Jordan, Stan Kenton, Billy Taylor, Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Johnny Pate, Donald Shirley, and Horace Henderson. There are also recordings of the Birdland All-Stars from 1955 and 1957, featuring Sarah Vaughn, Count Basie and his orchestra, Erroll Garner, and Bud...
Collection
Identifier: IJS-0216
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains recordings and papers related to the NPR broadcast series Satchmo: The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong and The Duke Ellington Centennial Radio Project. There is correspondence with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting related to funding. There is also a tape description list for The Duke Ellington Centennial Radio Project, transcribed interviews with jazz...
Collection
Identifier: IJS-0239
Repository:
Institute of Jazz Studies
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Michael Brooks collection of audiocassette interview recordings for Time Life Records
Scope and Contents:
This collection is made up of 174 cassette tapes and one open reel tape. The recordings include interviews for Time Life Records with prominent jazz musicians including Duke Ellington, Cozy Cole, and Artie Shaw, conducted by multiple interviewers between 1952 and 1982.
Collection
Identifier: IJS-0161
Scope and Contents:
This collection spans Jackson's personal and professional life from his early career to his death. There are music manuscripts and sketches, lyrics, artist song books, and published bass trombone music books. Also included is a tour itinerary, travel receipts, airplane tickets, concert programs, tourist brochures, and souvenirs. There is a copy of a transcript of Milt Hinton’s interview with Quentin (1978) from the Smithsonian Institution’s Jazz Oral History project. The...
Collection
Identifier: IJS-0244
Repository:
Institute of Jazz Studies
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The Duke Ellington Society Ellington '93 Conference audio recordings
Scope and Contents:
This collection includes audiocassettes of the 1993 Ellington Society conference.