Frank Driggs Collection of Jimmie Lunceford Orchestrations

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Frank Driggs Collection of Jimmie Lunceford Orchestrations

circa 1929-1954

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Collection consists of approximately 320 titles from the Jimmie Lunceford Band Orchestrations.

8 Cubic feet (28 boxes)

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11662736

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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Oliver, Sy, 1910-1988

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Melvin James ("Sy") Oliver was born December 17, 1910 in Battle Creek, Michigan. His family moved to Zanesville, Ohio while Oliver was still a child. Oliver absorbed music early in life (both parents were music teachers) and learned trumpet while still a child. By the age of 17 he became a member of the territory band led by Zack Whyte. During this time he taught himself arranging as a way of proving the viability of his harmonic theories. Around 1932 he was associated with Alphonso...

Lunceford, Jimmie

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Driggs, Frank.

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