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The Archive
Sound Recordings
Unissued Recordings
Interviews/Oral Histories
Books
Periodicals
Photographs
Jazz Film
Music
Vertical Files
Original Artwork
Jazz Memorabilia
THE ARCHIVE
The Los Angeles Jazz Institute Archive consists
of:
SOUND RECORDINGS
Over 100,000 sound recordings in all formats
including:
78 RPM records, 10" and 12" long playing records, 45 RPM single and extended play records, 8", 12" and 16" radio transcriptions, 7", 10", 12" and 16" acetates, V-Discs, Reel to Reel tapes, Digital Audio tapes, Cassette tapes, Compact Discs and Piano Rolls
The record collection has been carefully
assembled
to include all styles and eras of jazz. The
record
archives are very extensive including complete
or near complete catalogs of many important jazz
labels.
One of the goals of the archive is to preserve a
complete collection of all jazz recordings made
in
Los Angeles from the early 1920s to the present.
Complete catalogs of many Los Angeles labels are
represented including: Dial, Atomic, Nordskog,
Pacific,
World Pacific, Mode, Jazz West, Tampa,
Contemporary,
Lighthouse, Philo, HiFi, Verve, Clef, Norgran,
Nocturne,
Pablo, Revelation, Jewel....
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UNISSUED RECORDINGS
The Sound Archive also includes several hundred
hours
of rare recordings from a variety of sources
including
radio broadcasts, live performances and unissued
studio sessions.
Many of these are one of kind items and are a
very important
aspect of the collection. Included are many Armed
Forces
Radio Service broadcasts from the 1940s which
feature all
of the significant artists of the period. All of
the AFRS
programs are represented such as Jubilee, One
Night Stand,
Downbeat, Spotlight Bands and Command
Performance.
There is also a large collection of Armed Forces
V-Discs.
The collection also contains many unissued
broadcasts
from ballrooms, clubs and concert venues all over
the world.
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INTERVIEWS/ORAL HISTORIES
The recorded sound collection includes hundreds
of interviews and oral histories with dozens of
artists
from all era of jazz. Highlights include
unpublished
interviews with Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk,
Gerry Mulligan, Shorty Rogers, Howard Rumsey,
Gerald Wilson, Gil Evans, June Christy, Stan
Kenton,
Lennie Tristano, Bill Evans and many more.
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BOOKS
The archive contains hundreds of books on jazz
and
related subjects including biographies,
discographies,
photographic, reference and general information.
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PERIODICALS
The archive features an exhaustive collection of
Jazz
periodicals including the comprehensive John
Irwin
Collection. The collection includes important
titles
such as Downbeat, Metronome, Orchestra World,
Swing,
Music and Rhythm, Bandleaders, Jazz Times,
Jazz Is, Cadence, Coda, Swing Journal, Jazz
Journal,
Le Jazz Hot, Jazz Review and The Jazz Record.
The collection also includes numerous obscure
titles
such as: Theme, Hollywood Note, The Bronz,
Sound and Fury and Playback.
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PHOTOGRAPHS
The archive maintains and preserves a large
collection
of photographs and negatives, including the Don
Dean
Collection which features several hundred
thousand images.
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JAZZ FILM
Holdings feature a comprehensive collection of
jazz
related film and television appearances from the
1920s
to the present. This includes major motion
pictures,
soundies, shorts, television programs,
documentaries,
live performances, home movies and interview
segments.
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MUSIC
The Archive houses a large collection of scores
and
band arrangements including many priceless
autograph
scores. The music holdings represent a variety of
composer/arrangers including: Gerry Mulligan,
Shorty Rogers,
Pete Rugolo, Marty Paich, Bob Cooper, Bill
Holman,
Dr. Wesley LaViolette, Gil Evans, Ken Hanna,
Jimmy Giuffre,
George Handy, Johnny Richards, Duke Ellington,
Billy Strayhorn,
Manny Albam, Quincy Jones, Russ Freeman and Jack
Montrose.
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VERTICAL FILES
The Archive maintains extensive research files
on individual artists and specific topics
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ORIGINAL ARTWORK
Includes pieces by Rodney Evans Bacon,
Olivia Burke and David Stone Martin.
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JAZZ MEMORABILIA
One of the highlights of the archive is a very
large collection of jazz memorabilia including
concert programs, autographs, posters, signs,
record company catalogs, advertising items,
memorabilia from clubs, ballrooms and
concert venues, movie posters, handbills
and awards.
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