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Guide To The Andrew “Andy” Gibbons Collection, Columbia College Chicago Jul 2023

Guide To The Andrew “Andy” Gibbons Collection, Columbia College Chicago

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Focused on jazz trumpeter and vocalist, Louis Armstrong, the Andrew H. Gibbons collection consists of sound recordings, papers, and books related to Louis Armstrong, collected by the donor, Dr. Andy Gibbons, whose research focus centered on the performer.


Director's Statement, Andrea Leland Jan 2023

Director's Statement, Andrea Leland

Jamesie: King of Scratch

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Guide To The Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Collection, Columbia College Chicago Jan 2023

Guide To The Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Collection, Columbia College Chicago

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Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson was a composer, conductor, and pianist who composed classical, jazz, and popular music containing elements of spirituals, folk music, and blues. He was founding member and associate conductor of the Symphony for the New World, and had a long career as a composer includes activities in classical music, jazz, and film and television. The collection consists of scores, a scrapbook, programs, and publicity about his career from 1949 to 2004.


Guide To The Reginald L. Davenport House Music Collection, Columbia College Chicago Jan 2023

Guide To The Reginald L. Davenport House Music Collection, Columbia College Chicago

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Reginald L Davenport came of age to the sound of hot mixing Chicago radio DJs during the 1980s and he carried his love of house music to the United Kingdom when he left home to serve in the armed forces abroad, DJ’ing around England when he wasn’t on base. The collection contains flyers primarily from the United Kingdom of house music venues in which he DJ’ed, tapes of his mixes, and documents related to his work.


Guide To The Robert Leigh Morris Collection, Columbia College Chicago Jan 2023

Guide To The Robert Leigh Morris Collection, Columbia College Chicago

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Robert Leigh Morris (b. 1941) is an American composer and music instructor. The Robert Leigh Morris Collection contains his personal music scores, from published works to drafts, and programs from his performances, as well as scores by other composers. Professional correspondences, documents, and some of Morris’s writings are also included.