Jazz Oral History Project
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- Collection
- Collection Title
- Jazz Oral History Project
- Repository
- Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University Libraries
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The Jazz Oral History Project audio collection consists of 120 oral histories of seminal pre-Swing Era and Swing Era jazz musicians recorded between 1972 and 1983. The majority of the interviewees were African American.
The JOHP was initiated in 1972 by the Jazz Advisory Panel of the Music Program of the National Endowment for the Arts. Musicians sixty years and older (as well as several younger artists in poor health) were interviewed in depth about their lives and careers. The taped interviews range in length from 5 to 35 hours each and are accompanied by typewritten transcripts. They have been consulted by hundreds of scholars and writers producing articles, books and dissertations, in addition to frequent use by producers of radio and television.
The project was initially administered by the New York-based non-profit service organization Jazz Interactions, and then by the Smithsonian's newly-established jazz program. Administration and archiving of JOHP was turned over to the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University-Newark in 1979. The Institute conducted further interviews as well as editing and correcting transcripts of prior interviews.
The audio and transcripts have been digitized and can be accessed on the Jazz Oral History Project website. - Related Links
- Institute of Jazz Studies
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