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trio playing jazz

Portrait of Wesley Prince, Oscar Moore, and Nat King Cole. Zanzibar, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946. About this image

JAZZ

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  • Andre PrevinAndré Previn Collection
    The working music library of the internationally renowned composer, conductor and pianist.

  • image available soonBhumibol Adulyadej (King of Thailand) Collection
    Music featuring woodwinds, influenced by jazz and Thai traditional music.

  • image available soonfinding aid iconCharles Mingus Collection
    The papers of an important American jazz bassist and composer.

  • image available soonCharlie Barnet Collection
    Music library of the noted swing band leader and saxophonist.

  • image available soonfinding aidDexter Gordon Collection
    Music library of the American jazz saxophonist.

  • Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Collection
    Arrangements for the legendary jazz vocalist.

  • jazz musicianonline collection iconJazz in Film Bibliography
    Annotated guide to over 600 jazz performances on film and video in the collections of the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.

  • jazz musicianonline collection iconJazz on the Screen
    A searchable filmography listing the work of some 1,000 major jazz and blues figures in over 14,000 cinema, television and video productions.

  • image available soonMakanda Ken McIntyre Collection
    Music of the renowned African-American composer and instrumentalist.

  • image available soonMed Flory / Supersax Collection
    Arrangements for jazz quintet.

  • Pearl BaileyPearl Bailey Collection
    Papers, photos and recordings of the unique entertainer and singer.

  • woman in bonnetfinding aidSerge Diaghilev/Serge Lifar Collection
    Materials relating to the Ballets Russes in the late 1920s.

  • image available soonShelly Manne Collection
    The papers of an important Jazz drummer and composer.

  • image available soonfinding aidTommy Newsom Collection
    Arrangements of the noted band leader.

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