Smithsonian Jazz Oral Histories

[BeBop]

I just stumbled across http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=28 with oral histories from:

Last Names A-E: Toshiko Akiyoshi, Mose Allison, George Avakian, David Baker, Danny Barker, Kenny Barron, Louie Bellson, George Benson, Dave Brubeck, Kenny Burrell, Candido Camero, Benny Carter, Ron Carter, Jimmy Cobb, Chick Corea, Buddy DeFranco, Jack DeJohnette, Paquito D'Rivera, Lou Donaldson, Dorothy Donegan, Harry "Sweets" Edison

Last Names F-H: Art Farmer, Frank Foster, Curtis Fuller, Benny Golson, Lorraine Gordon, Jim Hall, Chico Hamilton, Slide Hampton, Barry Harris, Roy Haynes, Jimmy Heath, Percy Heath, Luther Henderson, Jon Hendricks, Nat Hentoff, Milt Hinton, Bill Holman, Shirley Horn, Bobby Hutcherson,

Last Names I-M: J.J. Johnson, Elvin Jones, Hank Jones, Quincy Jones, Sheila Jordan, Lee Konitz, Yusef Lateef, Hubert Laws, John Levy, Ramsey Lewis, Dave Liebman, Abbey Lincoln, Melba Liston, Johnny Mandel, Branford Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis, Jason Marsalis, Tom McIntosh, Jackie McLean, Marian McPartland, James Moody, Dan Morgenstern,

Last Names N-Y: Eddie Palmieri, Jimmy Owens, Sonny Rollins, Annie Ross, George Russell, Gunther Schuller, Jimmy Scott, Artie Shaw, Wayne Shorter, Dr. Billy Taylor, Clark Terry, Toots Thielemans, McCoy Tyner, Rudy Van Gelder, Cedar Walton, George Wein, Frank Wess, Randy Weston, Joe Wilder, Gerald Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Phil Woods, Snooky Young

If you've got an interest in mainstream stuff, it's pretty cool. Many of the oral histories are 100+ pages.

[Ron Thorne]

Wow, that's a pretty cool find. Thanks for sharing it, BeBop.

There is also an Explore Menu with more Collections, an Education Materials and Exhibition section.

[timoleon]

well,it seems great-a lot of people that i would like to know more things about.