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SERIES: Files on

musicians and music

subjects

1 1 Musicians - A (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,

predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames

beginning with the letter A. Included are: press

clippings; biographical notes; correspondence;

poster for a 1968 benefit concert for drummer

Archie Alleyne; photograph of vibraphonist

Peter Appleyard at a Liberal Party banquet,

with MP Robert Stanbury and Prime Minister

Pierre Trudeau, [1969].

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1953-1977]

3 1

7 1 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5

cm.

1 2 Musicians - A (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,

predominantly or all non-Canadian, with

surnames beginning with the letter A. Included

are: press clippings; programme for a concert

by the saxophonist Julian "Cannonball"

Adderley; list of musicians.

13 textual records

(2 folders).

1942-1970

3 2

1 3 Louis Armstrong File containing documents on the trumpeter

and singer Louis Armstrong: press clippings;

concert programmes; promotional portrait;

other promotional material.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

1949-1971

5 1

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7 2 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 21 cm.

1 4 Musicians - B (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,


beginning with the letter B. Included are: press

clippings; biographical notes; promotional

material for pianists Cal Bostic and Paul Bley;

interview with saxophonist Paul Brodie;

photographs of Brodie, guitarist Lenny Breau,

pianist Bernie Black.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1953-1975]

5 2

7 3 3 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 20.5 and

18.5 x 12.5

cm.1 5 Musicians and other

subjects - B (foreign)

File containing documents on musicians

(predominantly or all non-Canadian, with

surnames beginning with the letter B) and other

subjects. Included are: press clippings;

promotional material for pianist Eubie Blake

and for the New York jazz club Birdland;

programme for a concert by pianist Dave

Brubeck; photographs of Blake, Brubeck with

saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, tap dancer Bunny

Briggs.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1940-1969]

5 3


12.5 x 10.5

cm.

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No.

File

No.


physical

détails


1 6 Ballrooms File containing press clippings, promotional

material, interview notes.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1940-1977]

5 4

1 7 Count Basie File containing documents on the pianist and

bandleader Count Basie: press clippings,

chronology, list of orchestra personnel.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1950-1969]

5 5

1 8 Salome Bey File containing documents on the singer and

actress Salome Bey: press clippings,

promotional material, photograph.

11 textual records

(2 folders).

[ca. 1967-1975]

5 6

7 5 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5

cm.

1 9 Johnny Burt File containing documents on the arranger,

composer, and pianist Johnny Burt: press

clippings, biographical and interview notes.

7 textual records. [ca. 1950-1975]

1 10 Musicians - C (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,


surnames beginning with the letter C. Included

are press clippings, draft article,

correspondence.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1952-1970]

3 3

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No.

File

No.


physical

détails


1 11 Musicians and other

subjects - C (Canadian)


(predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames

beginning with the letter C) and other subjects.

Included are: press clippings; biographical and

interview notes; correspondence; promotional

material for pianist Alf Coward, trumpeter and

composer Johnny Cowell, accordionist Charles

Camilleri, composer and bandleader Ron

Collier; programmes for concerts by Collier

groups; photographs of Collier and of clarinetist

Henry Cuesta.

1.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1949-1974]

5 7


22 x 17 cm.

1 12 Culleys (Toronto family of

musicians)

File containing documents on the Culley family:

press clippings, notes on interviews with

saxophonist Ed (Edwin) Culley. Includes

photocopies of press clippings dating from [ca.

192- to 194-].

5 textual records. [ca 1971-1973]


subjects - D (Canadian)



beginning with the letter D) and other subjects.

Included are: press clippings; biographical and

interview notes; promotional material for

drummer Larry Dubin and singer-actress Terry

Dale.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1959-1974]

5 8

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No.

File

No.


physical

détails


1 14 Musicians - D (foreign) File containing press clippings on musicians,


surnames beginning with the letter D.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

1950-1970

5 9

2 19 Dance bands - research

and notes

File containing interview and research notes,

list of musicians, press clippings, record

catalogues, captions for photographs.

0.5 cm of textual

records.

[ca. 1947-1974]

1 15 Jimmy "Trump" Davidson File containing documents on the cornetist

Jimmy "Trump" Davidson: press clippings;

interview and biographical notes; promotional

material; photocopy of a 1938 concert

programme.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1950-1978]

3 4

1 16 Gordon Delamont File containing documents on the composer

Gordon Delamont: press clippings; interview

and biographical notes; typescript copy of an

article by Delamont; promotional material;

correspondence from Delamont.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1950-1969]

3 5

5 10 Musicians - E (foreign) File containing press clippings on non-

Canadian musicians with surnames beginning

with the letter E.

4 textual records. 1954-1970

1 17 Duke Ellington File containing documents on the composer,

bandleader, and pianist Duke Ellington: press

clippings, concert programmes.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1942-1962]

5 11



clippings; concert programmes; booklet and

other promotional material; newsletters.

1.5 cm of textual

records (4

folders).

[ca. 1959-1969]

Vol.

No.

File

No.


physical

détails


5 12

6

3 25

1 19 CBC television special on

Duke Ellington

File containing records concerning the CBC

television special on the composer, bandleader,

and pianist Duke Ellington, filmed in September

1964 and broadcast on 3 March 1965: outlines;

synopsis; script; correspondence; notes;

biography; quotes; press releases and

clippings; newsletter; poem.

1 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

1964-1965

5 13

1 20 Duke Ellington recording of

music of Canadian

composers

File containing documents on the recording

issued as North of the Border in Canada,

featuring Duke Ellington (piano) and the Ron

Collier orchestra performing works by Canadian

composers. Included are: press clippings;

promotional material; photograph of Ellington

with composers Collier, Gordon Delamont,

Norman Symonds.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

1967-1968

5 14

7 7 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25.5 cm.



clippings; concert programme; printed text for

the ballet The River; festival poster; wire

service print out of obituary for Ellington's

collaborator, Billy Strayhorn.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[1967]-1974

5 15

3 6 Duke Ellington - death File containing press clippings. 8 textual records. 1974

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1 22 Duke Ellington - reviews File containing press clippings. 18 textual records

(2 folders).

[ca. 1955-1967]

5 16

1 23 Duke Ellington - Stratford File containing press clippings. 16 textual records

(2 folders).

[ca. 1958-1969]

5 17

1 24 Duke Ellington - sacred

concerts

File containing concert programmes, wire

service print outs, press release and clippings.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1965-1971]

5 18

1 25 Musicians - F (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,


beginning with the letter F. Included are: press

clippings; biographies; correspondence

(autograph letter signed) from the singer,

accordionist, arranger, and bandleader Joan

Fairfax.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1954-1974]

5 19


subjects - F (foreign)



surnames beginning with the letter F) and other

subjects. Included are: correspondence

(autograph letter signed) from the singer Ella

Fitzgerald; photographs of the critic Leonard

Feather; press clippings.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1956-1970]

5 20

7 8 2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 13 and 9

x 7 cm.

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No.

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No.


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détails


1 27 Percy Faith File containing: correspondence with the

conductor, arranger, and composer Percy

Faith; research and biographical notes; press

clippings.

0.5 cm of textual

records.

1940-1976

1 28 Robert Farnon File containing documents on the composer

and arranger Robert Farnon: correspondence,

including a letter from Farnon; promotional

material; discographies; biographical notes;

photograph; press clippings.

1.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

1941-1974

3 7


1 29 Musicians - G (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,


beginning with the letter G. Included are: press

clippings; biography; biographical and interview

notes.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1952]-1975

5 21


subjects - G (foreign)

File containing press clippings on musicians


surnames beginning with the letter G) and other

subjects.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1949-1968]

5 22

1 31 Bobby Gimby File containing documents on the composer,

arranger, trumpeter, and bandleader Bobby

Gimby: biography; press clippings; photographs

of Gimby with his pied piper horn and leading a

parade of children.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

1967-1975

3 8

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No.


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7 10 2 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5

cm.

1 32 Musicians - H (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,


beginning with the letter H. Included are:

correspondence with the orchestra leader

Johnny Holmes; biographies; biographical

notes; press clippings and releases;

promotional material for the vibraphonist and

composer Hagood Hardy; concert programme

for the composer and pianist Herbie Helbig;

photographs of Hardy, Helbig, and of Paul

Hoffert and Skip Prokop of the group

Lighthouse.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1954-1977]

3 9

7 11 3 photographs : b&w ; 20.5 x 26 cm

or smaller.

1 33 Musicians - H (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,


surnames beginning with the letter H. Included

are: postcard from the clarinetist Edmond Hall

and his wife Winnie Hall; typescript list of

personnel of the Fletcher Henderson orchestra

and of personnel in Henderson's imaginary "all-

time all-star band"; press clippings; photograph

of the pianist Earl Hines.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1945-1970]

5 23

7 12 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 8.5

cm.

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détails


1 34 Clement (Clem) Hambourg

and family

File containing documents on the pianist and

Toronto jazz club owner Clement Hambourg

and his family: letters from Clement Hambourg,

including one that incorporates a short musical

sketch (manuscript, 1 p.); notes on interviews

with Clement Hambourg and Ruth Hambourg;

typescript article by Helen McNamara; research

notes; promotional material; press clippings.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1952-1973]

3 10

1 35 Art Hallman File containing documents on the singer,

arranger, saxophonist, and bandleader Art

Hallman: correspondence from Hallman,

interview notes, promotional material, press

clippings.

9 textual records

(2 folders).

[ca. 1946-1975]

5 24

3 11 Coleman Hawkins File containing press clippings on the

saxophonist Coleman Hawkins.


1 36 Musicians - J (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,


(or, in the case of Juliette, stage name)

beginning with the letter J. Included are: press

clippings; biographies; biographical notes;

promotional material for the pianist Calvin

Jackson; print photographs of Jackson in

performance, with his quartet (Howie Reay,

drums; Peter Appleyard, vibraphone; Johnny

Elwood, bass) and with bassist [first name

illegible] Bray; negative and print photographs

of the singer, guitarist, and composer Lonnie

Johnson.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1950-1975]

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No.

File

No.


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détails


4 1

7 13 3 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5

and 22 x 17

cm.9 1 6 photographs : b&w

negatives ;

35 mm.

1 37 Musicians - J (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,


surnames beginning with the letter J. Included

are: correspondence (autograph letter signed)

from the pianist Pete Johnson; press clippings.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

1954-1969

3 12

1 38 Musicians - K (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,


beginning with the letter K. Included are: press

clippings; biographical notes; promotional

material for the pianist Alex Kallao and the

saxophonist Ed Karam.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1954-1976]

4 2

3 13 Musicians - K (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,


surnames beginning with the letter K. Included

are: press clippings; concert programme for the

Stan Kenton orchestra.


3 14 Jack Kane File containing press clippings and biographical

notes on the clarinetist, arranger, composer,

and orchestra leader Jack Kane.


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No.

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No.


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détails


3 15 Mart Kenney and Norma

Locke

File containing documents on the saxophonist,

clarinetist, and bandleader Mart Kenney and

his wife, the singer Norma Locke: press

clippings; biographies; biographical and

interview notes; list of orchestra personnel.

0.5 cm of textual

records.

[ca. 1941-1972]

1 39 Moe Koffman File containing documents on the woodwinds

player, composer, and bandleader Moe

Koffman: press clippings; interview notes;

typescript articles, including ones by Helen

McNamara; correspondence; promotional

material; photographs, comprising individual

portraits and a group portrait of Koffman in

performance with an unidentified flautist.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1948-1974]

4 3


20.5 x 25.5

cm.1 40 Musicians - L (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,


beginning with the letter L. Included are: press

clippings; biography; biographical notes;

promotional material for the singer Ada Lee

and for the Australian Jazz Quartet (touring

with Canadian bassist Jack Lander); letters

from Johnny Lindon and from the dance band

leader Benny Louis.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1951-1974]

4 4

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No.

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No.


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détails


1 41 Musicians - M (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,


beginning with the letter M. Included are: press

clippings; biography; photographs of the singer

Anne Marie Moss and her husband, the singer

Jackie Paris; promotional material for Paris and

for the Ronn Metcalfe Orchestra; research

notes.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1947-1977]

4 5

7 15 3 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 21 and

25.5 x 20.5

cm.

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No.

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No.


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détails


1 42 Musicians - M (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,


surnames or group names beginning with the

letter M. Included are: correspondence from

the pianist Marian McPartland (autograph

postcard, signed; autograph letter signed, on

the reverse of a photograph of McPartland with

her husband, the cornetist Jimmy McPartland);

other group and individual photographs of the

McPartlands, including one image of them in

performance with the trombonist Vic

Dickenson, the clarinetist [Herb Hall ?], and

other unidentified musicians; photograph of the

Modern Jazz Quartet (Milt Jackson, Percy

Heath, John Lewis, Connie Kay), and

promotional material for Lewis, the group's

pianist; photographs of the baritone

saxophonist Gerry Mulligan; press clippings;

commemorative booklet on the orchestra

leader Glenn Miller.

1 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

McPartland letter

on reverse of

photograph is

stored in

photograph

container.

[ca. 1946-1971]

4 6

7 16 12 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 20.5 cm

or smaller.

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No.


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1 43 Musicians - Mc (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,


beginning with the letters Mc. Included are:

press clippings; biographies; biographical

notes; photographs of the groups Jim McHarg's

Metro Stompers and Jim McHarg's

Dixielanders; promotional material for the Metro

Stompers, the composer and arranger William

McCauley, and the pianist Cy (Sy) McLean;

McHarg's alternative lyrics for The Maple Leaf

Forever (copy, 1 p.); newsletter; annotated

periodical.

1 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1944-1976]

4 7

7 17 2 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5

cm.

3 16 Rob McConnell File containing documents on the composer,

arranger, bandleader, and valve trombonist

Rob McConnell and his orchestra, The Boss

Brass: press clippings, biography, lists of

personnel.

0.5 cm of textual

records.

[ca. 1965-1975]

3 17 Murray McEachern File containing documents on the trombonist

and saxophonist Murray McEachern: press

clippings, interview and biographical notes,

typescript article.


2 1 Musicians - N (Canadian) File containing documents on marimba player

Jimmy Namaro: press clippings, biography,

promotional material.


3 18 Musicians - N (foreign) File containing press clippings on musicians,


surnames beginning with the letter N.


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No.

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No.


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2 2 Phil Nimmons File containing documents on the clarinetist,

composer, arranger, and bandleader Phil

Nimmons: press clippings; biography;

biographical notes; concert programme; list of

orchestra personnel; photograph.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1950-1972]

4 8

7 18 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5

cm.

2 3 Bert Niosi File containing documents on the bandleader

and woodwinds player Bert Niosi: press release

and clippings; interview and biographical notes;

draft article.


4 9 Billy O'Connor File containing press clippings. 5 textual records. 1968-1973

3 19 Musicians - P (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,


beginning with the letter P. Included are: press

clippings; biography; photograph of Bernie

Piltch in performance on the alto saxophone.



4 10 Musicians - P (foreign) File containing press clippings on musicians,


surnames beginning with the letter P. Included

are clippings on Jazz at the Philharmonic.


3 20 Charlie Parker File containing press clippings and a booklet on

the alto saxophonist and composer Charlie

Parker.


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No.


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2 4 Oscar Peterson File containing documents on the pianist,

composer, and bandleader Oscar Peterson:

press clippings; promotional leaflet for

Peterson's Advanced School of Contemporary

Music; photographs, comprising individual

portraits and a group portrait of Peterson with

his friend George Kadota, president of

Toronto's Lakeshore Lions Club.

1 cm of textual

records (3

folders).

[ca. 1946-1976]

3 21

4 11


20.5 x 25.5

cm.2 5 Musicians and other

subjects - R (Canadian)



beginning with the letter R) and on other


biographical notes; promotional material for the

saxophonist Pat Riccio and for the woodwinds

player and bandleader Dal Richards.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1942-1976]

4 12

2 6 Musicians - R (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,


surnames beginning with the letter R. Included

are: press clippings; promotional material for

the drummer Buddy Rich; photograph of the

clarinetist Pee Wee Russell.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

1946-1968

3 22

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subjects - S (Canadian)



beginning with the letter S) and on other


biographical notes; promotional material for the

violinist Maurice Solway and for the Ken

Stanley Trio; list of songwriters; photographs of

the trumpeters Fred Stone and Herbie Spanier,

the latter in performance at the Toronto jazz

club George's Spaghetti House.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1951-1974]

4 13


20.5 x 25.5

cm.

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No.


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2 8 Musicians - S (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,


surnames or group names beginning with the

letter S. Included are: press clippings;

promotional material and concert poster for the

saxophonist Archie Shepp; correspondence

(unsigned typescript) from the pianist and

composer George Shearing; correspondence

from the jazz critic Leonard Feather about

Shearing; photograph of Shearing with a dog;

promotional material and tour programme for

the group The Saints and the Sinners; business

card for the pianist Willie "The Lion" Smith;

promotional material for the cornetist Muggsy

Spanier; jazz studies syllabus; photograph of

the singer Pinky Smith. The Shearing

photograph is embossed with the musician's

name in the Braille alphabet.

1 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1947-1969]

4 14

7 23 2 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5

and 14 x 9.5

cm.2 9 Norman Symonds File containing documents on the composer

Norman Symonds: press clippings; concert

programmes for Symonds' octet; photograph.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1954-1972]

4 15


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2 10--

11

Stratford Shakespearean

Festival - jazz at

File containing documents on the presentation

of jazz and other music at the Stratford

Shakespearean Festival: programmes for

concerts by Canadian and foreign artists,

among them Henry "Red" Allen, Count Basie,

Mario Bernardi, Ron Collier, Wilbur de Paris,

Duke Ellington, Maynard Ferguson, the Festival

Singers conducted by Elmer Iseler, Dizzy

Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday,

Langston Hughes, Moe Koffman, Carmen

McRae, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Gerry

Mulligan, Oscar Peterson, Oscar Shumsky,

Billy Taylor, Teddy Wilson; telegrammes

containing the text of articles reporting on

concerts; historical booklet; biography of the

singer Jimmy Rushing; press clippings.

1.5 cm of textual

records (3

folders).

[ca. 1956-1973]

4 16


subjects - T (foreign)

File containing press clippings and a biography

on musicians (predominantly or all non-

Canadian, with surnames beginning with the

letter T) and on other subjects.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1946-1970]

4 17

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2 13 Toronto jazz File containing documents on the jazz scene in

Toronto: newsletters; correspondence; press

clippings; biography; biographical notes;

promotional material for Jerry Toth and Rudy

Toth; programme for a concert featuring Henry

Cuesta and Olive Brown; concert poster for

Russell Grant and His New Orleans Stompers;

photograph of and posters for Kid Chapman's

Olympia Band; photographs of the violinist

Harvey Tishcoff in performance, and a group

portrait of him with the violinist Joe Venuti;

photograph of an informal musical session with

Moe Koffman (flute), Julius Pickarz [Piekarz?]

(trumpet), and unidentified musicians on sitar,

tambura, and flute, with Lucio Agostini, Teddy

Roderman, and others observing.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1949-1976]

4 18

7 25 5 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 21 cm

or smaller.


subjects - V (Canadian)

File containing documents on the bandleader

Denny Vaughan and on the violin in jazz.

Include are: press clippings; obituary; draft

encyclopedia article; biographical notes;

biographies of members of the Hot Club

Canadien, and a photograph of the group (Vic

Newman and Bill Hicks, guitars; Jan Makkreel,

violin; Jimmy Ma, bass).



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3 23 Musicians - V (foreign) File containing press clippings on musicians,


surnames beginning with the letter V.



subjects - W (Canadian)

File containing documents on musicians,


beginning with the letter W. Included are:

press clippings; biography; promotional

material for the singer, pianist, and guitarist

Jackie Washington; photograph of the

drummers Shawn Wilkinson and Gene Krupa;

photograph of the singer Stevie Wise, and

programme for a musical play featuring her.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1946-1974]

4 19

7 27 2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 and

15.5 x 12 cm.

2 16 Musicians - W (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,


surnames beginning with the letter W. Included

are: press clippings; booklet on the composer,

pianist, organist, and singer Thomas "Fats"

Waller.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1943-1969]

4 20

2 17 Moxie Whitney File containing documents on the bandleader

Moxie Whitney: press clippings;

correspondence, including a letter from

Whitney; promotional material for his hotel in

Grand Cayman.

0.5 cm of textual

records (2

folders).

[ca. 1961-1973]

4 21

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détails


2 18 Don Wright and Priscilla

Wright

File containing documents on the choir

conductor Don Wright and his daughter, the

singer Priscilla Wright: press clippings, career

résumé, interview notes.

0.5 cm of textual

records.

[ca. 1953-1974]

3 24 Lester Young File containing press clippings on the

saxophonist Lester Young.


SERIES: The Bands

Canadians Danced To

2 20 The Bands Canadians

Danced To / Helen

McNamara and Jack

Lomas

File containing: original typescript; covering

letter from Griffin House Publishers, returning

the typescript to Helen McNamara.

1.5 cm of textual

records.

1973


Danced To / Helen

McNamara and Jack

Lomas

Photocopy of the typescript, with editorial

markings.

1 cm of textual

records.

1973


Danced To / Helen

McNamara and Jack

Lomas

Photocopy of galley proof, with editorial

markings and notes.

2.5 cm of textual

records.

1973


Danced To / Helen

McNamara and Jack

Lomas

Mock up of the book, with text glued to pages

and rough pencil sketches in the place of

photographs.

1.5 cm of textual

records.

1973

6 The Bands Canadians

Danced To / Helen

McNamara and Jack

Lomas : dust jacket

1 textual record. 1973

SERIES: Other

photographs

Vol.

No.

File

No.


physical

détails


8 1 Count Basie File containing portraits of the pianist and

bandleader Count Basie, in performance

seated at a piano.

3 photographs : b&w ; 28.5 x 35.5

cm.

[196-?]

8 2 Helen McNamara and

Peter Appleyard /

photographed by Frank

Grant, Toronto Telegram

Portrait of Helen McNamara and the

vibraphonist Peter Appleyard, with a pianist and

bassist (both unidentified) in the background.

McNamara is apparently presenting a jazz poll

certificate of merit to Appleyard.

1 photograph : b&w ; 36 x 28.5 cm. Copy negative

number NL

17564.

[195-]

7 28 Duke Ellington File containing group and individual portraits of

the composer, pianist, and bandleader Duke

Ellington. Several images, including group

portraits with the composers Ron Collier,

Gordon Delamont, and Norman Symonds, no

doubt date from the North of the Border in

Canada recording session, [July 1967]. One

promotional portrait shows Ellington with the

singer Frank Sinatra.

21 photographs : b&w ; 35.5 x 28.5

cm or

smaller.

[July 1967], [196-

?]

8 3

8 4 Group portraits with Helen

McNamara

File containing group portraits that include

Helen McNamara. Among those depicted with

McNamara are: the American jazz musicians

Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum; the

British bandleader Ted Heath; the Canadian

jazz advocates and music journalists Alex

Barris and Phil McKellar.

7 photographs : b&w ; 22 x 29.5 cm

or smaller,

mounted on

board 31.5 x

30.5 cm or

smaller.

One portrait

shows

McNamara with

an unidentified

man. The other

images are

captioned.

[ca. 195- and

196-]

Documents

HELEN McNAMARA FONDS (R13917): Listing of textual …data2.collectionscanada.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002224.pdf · Gordon Delamont: press clippings; interview and biographical notes; typescript