Rutgers University NEA Jazz Oral History Project
name: label: Interviewer
content: Albertson, Chris
label: Interviewee
content: Barnet, Charlie, 1913-1991
label: Interviewee
content: Bigard, Barney, 1906-1980
label: Interviewee
content: Briggs, Arthur, 1901-1991
label: Interviewee
content: Brown, Lawrence, 1907-1988
label: Interviewee
content: Bunn, Teddy (Theodore Leroy), 1910-1978
label: Interviewee
content: Bushell, Garvin, 1902-1991
label: Interviewer
content: Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-
label: Interviewer
content: Crouch, Stanley, 1945-2020
label: Interviewer
content: Dance, Helen Oakley, 1913-2001
label: Interviewer
content: Dance, Stanley, 1910-1999
label: Interviewee
content: Durham, Eddie, 1906-1987
label: Interviewee
content: Duvivier, George, 1920-1985
label: Interviewee
content: Ellington, Mercer Kennedy, 1919-1996 (musician)
label: Interviewee
content: Evans, Gil, 1912-1988
label: Interviewee
content: Green, Charles, (Musician), 1919-1997
label: Interviewee
content: Greer, Sonny (William Alexander), 1895-1982
label: Interviewee
content: Hall, Al, 1915-1988
label: Interviewer
content: Hinton, Milt, 1910-2000
label: Interviewee
content: Jackson, Quentin, 1909-1976
label: Interviewee
content: Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000
label: Interviewer
content: Johnston, Helen Armstead
label: Interviewee
content: Jones, Jimmy, 1918-1982
label: Interviewer
content: Montgomery, Monk
label: Interviewer
content: Nierenberg, George T.
label: Interviewee
content: Procope, Russell (1908-1981)
label: Interviewee
content: Royal, Marshall, 1912-1995
label: Collector
content: Rutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies
label: Interviewee
content: Terry, Clark
label: Interviewee
content: Turner, Joe, 1907-1990
label: Interviewee
content: Tizol, Juan, 1900-1984
label: Interviewee
content: Whaley, Thomas L. (copyist)
label: Interviewer
content: Willard, Patricia
label: Interviewee
content: Williams, Cootie, 1911-1985
label: Names
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Jazz -- 1970-2000
label: Topic
content: Jazz musicians -- 1970-1990 -- United States
label: Topic
content: Music -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Musicians -- 1970-1990 -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Dan Morgenstern, Institute of Jazz Studies, January 3, 1992.
creator: label: Interviewer
content: Albertson, Chris
label: Interviewee
content: Barnet, Charlie, 1913-1991
label: Interviewee
content: Bigard, Barney, 1906-1980
label: Interviewee
content: Briggs, Arthur, 1901-1991
label: Interviewee
content: Brown, Lawrence, 1907-1988
label: Interviewee
content: Bunn, Teddy (Theodore Leroy), 1910-1978
label: Interviewee
content: Bushell, Garvin, 1902-1991
label: Interviewer
content: Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-
label: Interviewer
content: Crouch, Stanley, 1945-2020
label: Interviewer
content: Dance, Helen Oakley, 1913-2001
label: Interviewer
content: Dance, Stanley, 1910-1999
label: Interviewee
content: Durham, Eddie, 1906-1987
label: Interviewee
content: Duvivier, George, 1920-1985
label: Interviewee
content: Ellington, Mercer Kennedy, 1919-1996 (musician)
label: Interviewee
content: Evans, Gil, 1912-1988
label: Interviewee
content: Green, Charles, (Musician), 1919-1997
label: Interviewee
content: Greer, Sonny (William Alexander), 1895-1982
label: Interviewee
content: Hall, Al, 1915-1988
label: Interviewer
content: Hinton, Milt, 1910-2000
label: Interviewee
content: Jackson, Quentin, 1909-1976
label: Interviewee
content: Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000
label: Interviewer
content: Johnston, Helen Armstead
label: Interviewee
content: Jones, Jimmy, 1918-1982
label: Interviewer
content: Montgomery, Monk
label: Interviewer
content: Nierenberg, George T.
label: Interviewee
content: Procope, Russell (1908-1981)
label: Interviewee
content: Royal, Marshall, 1912-1995
label: Collector
content: Rutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies
label: Interviewee
content: Terry, Clark
label: Interviewee
content: Turner, Joe, 1907-1990
label: Interviewee
content: Tizol, Juan, 1900-1984
label: Interviewee
content: Whaley, Thomas L. (copyist)
label: Interviewer
content: Willard, Patricia
label: Interviewee
content: Williams, Cootie, 1911-1985
setName: label: See more items in
content: Rutgers University NEA Jazz Oral History Project
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.5 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971-1984
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Original recordings loaned to the Archives Center and duplicated in 1989. Original tapes returned to Rutgers University.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0327
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Audiotapes
label: Type
content: Oral history
label: Type
content: Transcripts
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into three series

Series 1: Transcripts, 1975-1980

Series 2: Master Tapes

Series 3: Reference Cassette Tapes, 1974-1984
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Archives Center Staff.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Audiotapes -- 1970-1990
label: Genre/Form
content: Oral history -- 1970-1990
label: Genre/Form
content: Transcripts
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Original tapes in possession of Rutgers University.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 160 7" reel-to-reel audiotapes and 12 transcriptions of 15 oral history interviews with prominent jazz musicians and their professional relationships with Duke Ellington. Tapes are copies of originals held at the at Institute for Jazz Studies, Rutgers University.

Interviewees include Sonny Greer, Russell Procope, Clark Terry, Juan Tizol, Tom Whaley, Cootie Williams, Marshal Royal, Big Joe Turner, Jimmy Jones, Quentin Jackson, Barney Bigard, Charlie Barnet, Lawrence Brown, Red Callender, Al Hibbler, Irving Mills, Ray Nance, and Mercer Ellington.