George Warner Hughes, Jr. collection, 1940s-2008 (inclusive).

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George Warner Hughes, Jr. collection, 1940s-2008 (inclusive).

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George Warner Hughes, Jr., jazz drummer. The George Warner Hughes, Jr. Collection contains a DVD interview with Hughes printouts of photographs of Hughes, family, friends, club ephemera, and a program from his memorial service.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

University of Chicago Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7780890

University of Chicago Library

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Hughes, George Warner, 1932-2005.

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George Warner Hughes, Jr. was born on November 19, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois. He spent his life as a jazz drummer and played with many bands and musicians including Clarence Wheeler and the Enforcers, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughn, Della Reese, Milt Treiner, Carmen McRae, Andy Goodrich, and Eddie Johnson. Hughes appeared on the Jazz Icons "Sarah Vaughan" DVD, the film "Festival de Jazz de Montreux 1981," and Jodie Christian's CD "Rain or Shine." George Warner Hughes, Jr. died in 2005. ...

University of Chicago. Chicago Jazz Archive

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Founded in 1976, the University of Chicago Library's Chicago Jazz Archive initially sought to preserve materials documenting the birth and early growth of jazz in Chicago. In partnership with the Jazz Institute of Chicago the collections grew significantly. Collections now detail more than eight decades of Chicago jazz life and history. Recordings, publications, photographs, articles, posters, programs, ticket stubs, and other ephemera of musicians, clubs, record companies, and jazz...