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Sound recordings

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Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ben Conroy Jazz Collection

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Identifier: SESC-0018
Abstract

The collection consists of over 450 78RPM records that focus on the boogie-woogie piantists of the late 1930s and 1940s. Artists well-represented in the collection include Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons, and Meade Lux Lewis.

Dates: circa 1930-1949

Edward N. Meyer Jazz Collection

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Identifier: SESC-0013
Abstract

A collection of approximately 2,500 long playing jazz vinyl recordings donated to the library by Edward N. Meyer. Featured artists include Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Count Basie, Eddie Condon, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, James P. Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton, Red Norvo, King Oliver, Artie Shaw, Art Tatum, Jack Teagarden, and Fats Waller. The collection also includes some bound volumes of various jazz-related periodicals.

Dates: Publication: circa 1920-2001