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Smith, Jabbo, 1908-1991. The yellow dog blues [Multimédia multisupport].

Title: The yellow dog blues [Multimédia multisupport].

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/690777095 View

Smith, Jabbo, 1908-1991. Jabbo Smith papers, 1903-1991; (bulk, 1954-1991).

Title: Jabbo Smith papers, 1903-1991; (bulk, 1954-1991).

Feature articles, interviews, reviews, and discographies documenting achievements of Cladys "Jabbo" Smith. A small unit of Smith's letters written from various places where he was living or performing reveals something of his domestic and financial affairs, his efforts to promote his compositions, and his 1958 campaign to establish in Milwaukee an organization called "Jabbo's Music Box Musicians and Entertainers Club, Inc." One undated page in Smith's hand is a paean to "Black Jazz" claiming "The greatest original contribution to this country any ethnic group has ever made is black jazz." Program books in the collection highlight some of the domestic and European appearances Smith made during the last period of his public rediscovery: Northern Jazz Festival (The Hague, 1979), Festival International du Jazz d'Antibes (Juan-les-Pins, France, 1979), Kool Jazz Festival (New York, 1982), International Dixieland Festival (Leiden, 1982), Oude Stijl Jazz Festival (Breda, 1983) and jazz Fest Berlin 8̀6. In addition to miscellaneous printed items, contracts, photographs and specimens of his compositions, the collection contains files on "One Mo' Time," the hit 1920s-era vaudeville-jazz musical which originated in New Orleans in 1979 and featured Smith as a special guest artist. Festival (Leiden, 1982), Oude Stijl Jazz Festival (Breda, 1983) and jazz Fest Berlin 8̀6. Also including formal and informal photographs, ca. 1976-1986, of Smith at various U.S. and European performances; two-record album set, "Jabbo Smith: Hidden Treasure," featuring his vocal, trumpet, and trombone work from a 1961 session.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 linear ft. (1 carton)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31060738 View

Smith, Jabbo, 1908-1991. The Jabbo Smith collection, 1930-1991.

Title: The Jabbo Smith collection, 1930-1991.

The collection consists of autobiographical material; correspondence with Lorraine Gordon and others (1957-1991); financial receipts; medical records; contracts and agreements; passports and other official documents; performance files, news articles, press releases and programs (1930-1991), including information on One Mo' Time, Chicago Kool Jazz Festival, and Jazz Fest Berlin; scrapbooks and photographs of Smith, Wynton Marsalis, Louis Armstrong, and others (1982-1991); and an account book (1969-1973) with aphorisms.

ArchivalResource: 2.11 cubic ft. (5 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122431900 View

Duke Ellington recordings collection

Title: Duke Ellington recordings collection

Recordings of Duke Ellington, American pianist, band leader, andcomposer, collected by Joseph Jeffers Dodge, jazz aficionado, artist, museum director, andHarvard University Class of 1940.

ArchivalResource: Sound recordings (33 linear feet) and accompanying materials (1 box).

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/mus00006/catalog View

Grover Sales Collection, 1940-2004

Title: Grover Sales Collection 1940-2004

ArchivalResource: 8.0 box(es)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt3779r07k View

Smith, Jabbo, 1908-1991. Lead sheets : unpublished copyright deposits, 1926-1930 / Jabbo Smith.

Title: Lead sheets : unpublished copyright deposits, 1926-1930 / Jabbo Smith.

ArchivalResource: 14 lead sheets.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773171960 View

Smith, Jabbo, 1908-1991. The yellow dog blues.

Title: The yellow dog blues.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/765001992 View

Milnes, Harriett. Duke Ellington oral history, 1939-1987 (inclusive).

Title: Duke Ellington oral history, 1939-1987 (inclusive).

The Duke Ellington Oral History is comprised of ninety-two interviews with and about Ellington, one of America's greatest composers. Included among the interviewees are musicians, family members, friends, and colleagues. A series on Billy Strayhorn, Ellington's longtime close collaborator, is also included.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear ft.

https://orbis.library.yale.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=5991235 View