Ira Gitler collection of audio interview recordings for Swing to Bop

This collection is made up of audio interviews conducted by Ira Gitler related to his book Swing to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940s . This collection contains eleven open reel tapes, nineteen audiocassettes, and seven CDs. It includes interviews with Art Blakey, Cozy Cole, Mel Lewis, Joe Albany, Budd Johnson, and Cannonball Adderly.