Jazz Musicians Photographic Collection
Content Description
Images are 8"x10" prints of Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Gentlemen of Jazz (Ramsey Lewis, Elsee Young, and Red Holt), Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Lunceford, Mills Brothers, Della Reese, Sarah Vaughan, and Nancy Wilson.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1940 - c. 1970
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to SJSU. Copyright has not been assigned to San Jose State University Library Special Collections and Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections and Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Biographical / Historical
Jazz portraits from WalterFilm.
Extent
1 Box (.21 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection of 18 vintage photographs of jazz musicians, ca. 1940-1970.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in alphabetical order by last name, with the exception of the Gentle-Men of Jazz group being filed under "G".
Processing Information
Collection processed by Michael Lara, and reviewed by Kate Steffens in 2021.
Cultural context
- Basie, Count, 1904-1984
- Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994.
- Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965
- Davis, Miles
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993.
- Hampton, Lionel
- Holt, Red, 1932-
- Jazz.
- Kriegsmann, James J.
- Lewis, Ramsey
- Lunceford, Jimmie
- Mills Brothers
- Reese, Della
- Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990
- Wilson, Nancy, 1937-2018
- Young, Eldee
- Title
- Guide to the Jazz Musicians Photographic Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Michael Lara, reviewed by Kate Steffens
- Date
- 09/13/2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
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San José, CA 95192-0028
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