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THE SLEEPY STEIN COLLECTION
Alex 'Sleepy' Stein was a pioneer jazz disc
jockey and
a familiar voice on the Los Angeles radio dial
for
many years. After a stint at KFOX including
broadcasts from the Lighthouse Cafe, Sleepy
started
KNOB, the first all jazz radio station in the
world.
The Stein Collection features large scrapbooks
that
document his career including detailed coverage
of the
birth and growth of KNOB. The collection also
includes photographs and reel to reel tapes
featuring
air checks and on-air interviews.
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THE JIMMIE BAKER COLLECTION
Jimmie Baker was a pioneer television producer
for ABC
and was responsible for two important programs
that
were based in Los Angeles: Stars of Jazz
(1956-1958)
and Jazz Scene U.S.A. (1962) The Baker archive
features a nearly complete collection of audio
from
both series on reel to reel tape and 16"
transcription
discs.
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THE DONALD DEAN COLLECTION
The Donald Dean Collection features over 700,000
photographic prints and negatives documenting
both the
southern and northern California scene from the
mid
1960s through the late 1990s. The Dean collection
also includes reel to reel tapes of Sunday
sessions at
The Lighthouse that he recorded between 1952 and
1955.
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THE TOM LORD COLLECTION
The Tom Lord Collection features hundreds of
hours of
radio broadcasts, transcriptions, test pressings,
live
performances and studio sessions all stored on
reel to
reel tapes. Tom Lord was one of a group of early
jazz
enthusiasts that started seriously collecting
records
and documenting sessions beginning in the 1930s.
Tom Lord also became the world's foremost
authority on
Clarence Williams and amassed a complete
collection of
his recordings which are now part of the
Institute's
holdings. In 1976 Tom Lord wrote the definitive
Clarence Williams Bio-Discography.
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THE BOB ANDREWS COLLECTION
The Bob Andrews Collection consists of a number
of
open reel tapes which document the Los Angeles
Jazz
Scene of the 1950s. Andrews took his portable
tape
recorder to venues such as The Lighthouse, The
Trade
Winds and The Haig beginning as early as 1951 and
captured numerous live performances featuring Art
Pepper, Shorty Rogers, The Lighthouse All-Stars,
Maynard Ferguson, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz,
Gerry
Mulligan, Jack Montrose, Hampton Hawes . . .
Another
highlight of the Andrews collection is several
hours
of audio from jazz performances on television
including the Steve Allen Tonight Show, Stars of
Jazz
and various L.A. local broadcasts.
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THE JOHN IRWIN COLLECTION
The John Irwin Collection is one of the most
comprehensive collections of jazz periodicals in
the
world containing close to 8,000 magazines,
journals
and newsletters. Included are complete or
near-complete
runs of most jazz related magazines dating back
to the 1930s.
In addition to the many American publications,
there are
a large number of rare British and European
titles from
the 1920s to the present. The Irwin Collection
also contains
numerous discographical research publications
going back
to the 1940s.
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THE ROBERT AURTHUR COLLECTION
The Robert Aurthur Archive consists of a large
collection of rare 78 rpm records and test
pressings
from the 1920s and 1930s. Robert Aurthur was a
respected author as well as a writer and producer
for
film and television. During the 1930s and 40s he
was
based in New York City where he frequented the
jazz
clubs and began collecting records. He was an
assistant editor for Art Hode's magazine 'The
Jazz
Record' and also worked closely with Rudi Blesh
and
his 'Circle' label.
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THE CHARLES WEISENBERG COLLECTION
The Weisenberg Archive includes a large
collection of
recordings and video tapes plus numerous
photographs
and promotional items. The Collection also
includes
materials from his radio programs on the
legendary
KNOB.
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THE RAY AVERY COLLECTION
The Ray Avery Collection consists of recordings
in all
formats including several hours of unissued
broadcasts
and live performances. The collection also
includes
autographs, magazines and hundreds of pieces
of jazz memorabilia in all categories.
Ray Avery is remembered as one of the pioneer
Jazz
record retailers and most importantly a gifted
photographer who did much to document
the Los Angeles jazz scene.
He opened his first jazz record shop, The Record
Roundup, in 1947 and ended his retail experience
at
Ray Avery's Rare Records in 1986.
The record retail business allowed Ray the time
to
pursue his interest in jazz photography in
earnest.
His shop in Glendale became the 'Mecca' for the
serious jazz record collector. Record industry
professionals and musicians were frequent
visitors to
the shop. Friendships developed which led to
invitations to recording sessions, jazz concerts
and
parties for jazz musicians.
Ray traces his first jazz photos to the early
1950's.
Many of his early photographs document the birth
of
West Coast jazz and the artists who defined this
period in jazz. Ray and his cameras had been in
attendance at all but one of the Monterey Jazz
festivals since it's inception. He also attended
several Nice, France jazz festivals, one of the
official photographer's for the Stars of Jazz
television series, all of the Los Angeles Classic
Jazz
festivals, ten years of covering the New Orleans
Jazz
& Heritage festivals, and the North Sea Jazz
festivals
in Holland. His photographs have appeared in over
100
jazz books, over 150 LP covers, over 100 CD
covers and
numerous jazz film documentaries.
For more information about the Ray Avery photo
archive go to ctsimages.com
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THE KEN POSTON COLLECTION
The Ken Poston collection consists of thousands
of
recordings in all categories, books, magazines,
autographs, photographs, films, interviews,
correspondence, research materials, programs,
posters, and a huge collection of jazz related
memorabilia.
Poston had been a serious researcher and collector
for
over 20 years before creating the Los Angeles
Jazz
Institute in 1999. The Poston collection forms
the
bulk of the Institute's holdings. For biography
see "Director"
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DONATING ARCHIVAL MATERIALS
The Los Angeles Jazz Institute welcomes and
encourages
donations and bequests of materials including
records,
books, magazines and other items related to jazz
and
big bands.
We are especially interested in acquiring items
that
document the Los Angeles jazz scene from the turn
of
the century to the present. This includes tape
recordings of radio and television broadcasts,
home
recordings of live perfomances, photographs of
artists
and venues (we especially need photos of the
exteriors
of jazz clubs and ballrooms). We are also
interested
in any and all types of memorabilia including
scrapbooks, programs, tickets and related
advertising
items.
The Los Angeles Jazz Institute is a 501 c3, tax
exempt, public benefit corporation.
All donations are tax-deductible.
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