Music Manuscripts
name: label: Collection Musician
content: Eckstine, Billy
label: Collection Musician
content: Jones, Quincy, 1933-2024
label: Collection Musician
content: Tucker, Bobby, 1923-2008
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content: Bobby Tucker Papers
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content: Bobby Tucker Papers / Series 1: Professional Materials
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1141, File 1.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Forms the largest portion of the collection and consists of written arrangements created primarily by Bobby Tucker for Billy Eckstine. Material also include the music for other artists Tucker accompanied for live performances and recordings. The name of the performer is generally stamped or written on the manuscripts.  The arranger, while not always Bobby Tucker, is identified on the music manuscripts. Short scores for each instrument are also identified on the music. The materials are arranged as complete orchestrations in alphabetical order by the title.