Size55 file drawers

Collection Description The Institute of Jazz Studies Artist Files is an open collection of vertical files with information on approximately 2,500 jazz musicians. The files consist mostly of originals and photocopies of printed material on individual musicians, and may include newspaper and magazine articles, reviews, and advertisements; flyers, postcards, invitations, and other publicity materials; and general biographical information, including obituaries. Most artists' files consist of only one folder, but folders vary greatly in size. Although some material dates from as early as the 1930s, the bulk of the material dates from the 1970s to the present.

Musicians represented in the files who were born in Newark, who resided in Newark, and/or worked in extensively in Newark include: Rashied Ali, Duke Anderson, Andy Bey, Frank Brown, Henry Brown, Michael "Mike" Clark, Walter Davis, Jr., Pansho Diggs, Leon Eason, Bill Evans, Gil Fuller, Eddie Gladden, Al Haig, Bradford Hayes, Roy Haynes, Carrie Jackson, Leo Johnson, Willie Johnson (of the Savoy Dictators), Scott LaFaro, Conrad "Lonnie" Lester, Andrew "Andy" McCloud, Jimmy McGriff, Chico Mendoza, Harold "Hal" Mitchell (of the Savoy Dictators), James Moody, Alfred Patterson, John Patton, Charles Persip, Bill Phipps, Gene Phipps, Robert "Bobby" Plater (of the Savoy Dictators), Jimmy Ponder, Bob Porter, Ike Quebec, Pharaoh Sanders, Dave Schnitter, Radam Schwartz, Rhoda Scott, Woody Shaw, Wayne Shorter, Carrie Smith, Jimmy Smith, Joe Thomas, Bobby Tucker, Sarah Vaughan, Tyrone Washington, Bruce Williams, Harold "Chink" Wing, Sam Woodyard, Eddie Wright, and Larry Young.

FormatTextual materials

SubjectsAfrican-American History / Civil Rights; Music

Time Period20th Century

LanguageEnglish

Access policyOpen for research

ProcessedYes