Tim Owens Jazz and Broadcast Collection

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Tim Owens Jazz and Broadcast Collection

circa 1973-2003

https://findingaids.library.unt.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=1079

The collection includes over 200 hours of interviews with major jazz artists for National Public Radio’s Jazz Profiles series, Owens’ own interviews, over 250 hours of performance masters, primarily for NPR’s Jazz Alive series, and other live jazz performances.

500+ hours

eng, Latn

University of North Texas. Music Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11661832

University of North Texas. Music Library

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Hawes, Hampton, 1928-1977

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66795n3 (person)

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Owens, Tim, 1948-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60d5mr5 (person)

Tim Owens spent 55 years in broadcasting as a producer, reporter, program director, and station manager. As executive producer for NPR Jazz, Tim oversaw production of all five of NPR's syndicated jazz programs: Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jazz from Lincoln Center and Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center. He served as the producer of Taylor’s Kennedy Center series and as the creator and series producer for Jazz Profiles,...