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Jazz Photography

William P. Gottlieb Collection—Library of Congress Herman Leonard Maurice D. Robertson Photo Arts (Hartford) Steven Sussman Photography (West Hartford) Smithsonian Collection Chuck Stewart Photography Chuck Stewart—Signed Silver Gelatin Collection

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Jazz Interviews

Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program National Jazz Archive Jazz Oral History Project (Rutgers Universities - The Institute of Jazz Studies) Fillius Jazz Archive Interviews Collection (Hamilton College) Jazz Interviews (BBC Radio) Joseph Celli Podcast Series Jazz Legends (Fresh Air Archive) 50 Jazz Interviews to Get You Inspired The HistoryMakers—MusicMakers

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Jazz History in CT

"Jazz In Connecticut — The Early Years" (Owen McNally, The Hartford Courant) HJS in the News (1962-1985) HJS Swinger Newsletter (1962 - 1979) Unsung Heroes: The Music of Jazz in New Haven Billie Holiday - all performances in Connecticut (1937 - 1958) Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - all performances in Connecticut (1931 - 1971) [...]

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Jazz History in CT – Index of selected coverage in The Hartford Courant (1919-2002)

The articles cited below represent a small fraction of the total number of articles that can be found online in The Hartford Courant in this time period, especially 1923 – 1960. Other newspapers that reported on jazz, such as The Hartford Times, are available only on microfilm, if at all. During the 1940s and 1950s, [...]

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UCONN Freshman Wins Coveted Downbeat Award

Congratulations to University of Connecticut student Michael Farina for winning the Downbeat Student Music Award for Undergraduate College Outstanding Performance on tenor saxophone. Michael is a freshman studying under John Mastroianni in the Jazz Studies program at UCONN. The DownBeat awards are considered among the most coveted honors in the music industry. Entries are judged [...]

By |May 17th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|2 Comments

Jazz Grammy Award Winners 2022

Jazz music and the Grammy Awards have been strange bedfellows. Jazz categories are not included in the televised ceremony, and appearances by jazz artists are few in number with minimal air time. Album of the Year awards went to jazz artists only a couple times in the Grammy's history (Getz/Gilberto 1964; Hancock's Joni Mitchell [...]

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