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Jazz

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered jazz instrumental works for two or more performers. Songs performed in jazz style by a vocalist or vocal group, with or without accompaniment, are entered under Jazz vocals.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Anthony Braxton Recordings Collection

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 156
Scope and Contents: This collection features digitized copies of 751 audio and video recordings by composer, MacArthur fellow, and 2014 NEA Jazz Master, Anthony Braxton. This singular collection of recordings by one of the most significant American experimental music composers of the last 50 years represents a unique insight into Braxton’s work from 1970-2011. The original recordings featured in this collection were digitized in 2021 thanks to funding from the Council on Library & Information Resources...
Dates: 1969-2021

Ed Bland papers

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 310
Abstract:

The collection includes manuscript music, notes and writings, correspondence, professional papers, printed material, and audiovisual and computer media documenting the career of African American composer and musician Ed Bland.

Dates: 1914-2019

The Benny Goodman Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 53
Abstract:

Musical arrangements, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials relating to Benny Goodman (1909-1986), the clarinetist and band leader. At present, this register consist of scores and/or parts to musical arrangements written for Goodman's band, as well as sound and video recordings and film content. Unprocessed materials in the Papers include: photographs; programs and scrapbooks; and miscellaneous items.

Dates: 1910-1992, inclusive

Yale College, Records of the Yale Bands

 Collection
Call Number: RU 1140
Abstract:

This collection contains the records of the Yale Bands, which consists of the Yale Concert Band, the Yale Jazz Ensemble, and the Yale Precision Marching Band.

Dates: 1901-2013