Jazz Musicians

Scope and Contents: The Count Basie family papers and artifacts comprise the extant papers and personal belongings of the Basie family, including Catherine, Diane, and Count Basie. The collection contains personal papers, music, photographic prints and negatives, business records, artwork, and audio and moving image recordings, as well as artifacts. The majority of items in the collection are from the 20th century, particularly the time period between the mid-1950s to the early 1980s.Most...

Scope and Contents: The collection contains sound recordings of interviews conducted by the authors, Wayne Enstice, Paul Rubin, and Janis Stockhouse, for the development of the books Jazzwomen: Conversations With Twenty-One Musicians (Enstice and Stockhouse, 2004), and Jazz Spoken Here (Enstice and Rubin, 1994). The collection also features recordings from the radio show "Just Jazz" from KUAT-FM, Tucson, AZ. The...

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This collection contains materials related to the life and career of Mary Lou Williams and includes written manuscript and printed music, photography, correspondence, business and personal documents, scrapbooks, publications and clippings, artifacts, and audiovisual materials. The materials in the collection were created or collected by Williams or her manager, Peter O'Brien.

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This collection largely comprises written music and audio recordings created or accumulated by Teo Macero (1925-2008) in his career as a musician and music producer, but also includes smaller amounts of personal and other professional papers. It also inlcudes original manuscript materials associated with the "Charlie Parker with Strings" sessions and performances.