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Leonard Feather papers, 1900-1999

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Feather, Leonard, 1914-1994
Title
Leonard Feather papers
Dates
1900-1999 (inclusive)
Quantity
129 cubic feet
Collection Number
IJC MG 002
Summary
Leonard Feather was a British journalist, jazz critic, producer, composer, and pianist. The collection contains his personal papers.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public. Researchers must use the collection in accordance with the policies of the University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Leonard Geoffrey Feather was born in Hampstead, London, in 1914. He relocated to New York City in 1939. Journalist, producer, and composer, Mr. Feather is best known as a jazz critic. He wrote several books about jazz, including Inside Be-Bop (1949), the Encyclopedia of Jazz (1960), and the Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, co-written with Ira Gitler, which was published posthumously, in 1999. His compositions include songs such as "Evil Gal Blues," "Blowtop Blues," "Mighty Like the Blues," and "How Blue Can You Get." Leonard created the "Blindfold Test" for Metronome magazine and later for DownBeat magazine. The test also became a segment of Feather's radio show "Platterbrains." It consisted of artists listening to a recording, without knowledge of the performer and then offering an opinion, this process often resulting in surprising results. He moved to Los Angeles in 1960 and critiqued jazz for the Los Angeles Times until his death. Mr. Feather died in Sherman Oaks, California, in 1994.

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Content Description

The Leonard Feather papers span the years circa 1900–1999, with the bulk of the materials dating 1935–1990.

Included among the papers are photographs, negatives, scrapbooks and photo albums, pamphlets, notebooks, sketches, scores, soundsheets, correspondence, clippings, manuscripts (including those for books, articles, liner notes, and radio and television productions), promotional materials, research materials, travel and teaching notes, royalty statements and other financial papers, lists of Mr. Feather's personal collections (audio cassettes, records, and video tapes), ephemera, and papers related to Mr. Feather's last illness and documents gathered after his death.

The arrangement and labeling of Mr. Feather's personal and working files have been maintained.

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Other Descriptive Information

This manuscript group is part of the International Jazz Collections-IJC.

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Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available

This collection's blindfold tests, scrapbooks and photographs have been digitized and were added to the digital Leonard Feather Collection.

Restrictions on Use

Consult Head of Special Collections and Archives on permissions for use.

Preferred Citation

Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

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Administrative Information

Location of Collection

Special Collections and Archives of the University of Idaho Library and at the Bruce M. Pitman Center. Forty-eight hours advance notice is required to access artifacts housed offsite.

Acquisition Information

Gift, Jane Feather and Lorraine Feather, 1994-2007.

Processing Note

Processed by Lisa Kliger, consultant to the International Jazz Collections, under the direction of archivist Michael Tarabulski, from October 2002 to March 2003. Laura Guedes processed the photographs, plaques and awards, and materials from later donations, in 2008. Ms. Guedes also revised the arrangement of the papers and the finding aid, in 2010-2011.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • I: Personal Files

    3.0 cubic feet

  • II: Working Files

    17.0 cubic feet

  • III: Scrapbooks and Ephemera

    14.6 cubic feet

    The Leonard Feather scrapbooks include his letters to editors, articles, interviews and reviews, as well as published responses to these writings (as in readers' letters to the editor commenting on Feather's work). Also included are reviews of his books and records. One scrapbook is dedicated to Feather's "Blindfold Test" from Metronome and DownBeat magazines, December 1946-January 1952. There are also three additional albums. Two of these contain jazz ephemera: programs, flyers, booklets and the like. Many of these jazz programs (i.e., the musical performances) were produced by Feather. A third contains letters to Leonard Feather from several jazz artists.

  • IV: Jazz Photographs

    2.6 cubic feet
    • Description: Photos digitized
      Container: Box 58-62
      Location: IV: Jazz Photographs
    • Description: Framed photos not digitized: Ella Fitzgerald (signed) -- Feather with unidentified man. "Happy 55th Year in Music" -- Feather, Dizzy Gillespie, and others
      Container: Box 63
      Location: IV: Jazz Photographs
    • Description: Framed photos not digitized: The Pointer Sisters (signed) -- Feather with unidentified couple
      Container: Box 64
      Location: IV: Jazz Photographs
    • Description: Photos not digitized: Kathy Griggs -- Leonard Feather, George Chisholm, Buddy Tate, Benny Carter, and others. Denver, 1986. Framed: Walter F. Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro (signed) -- Count Basie (signed) -- Leonard Feather and unidentified persons (2 photos. See LF.IV.0479)
      Container: Box 65
      Location: IV: Jazz Photographs

  • V: Printed Scores

    0.4 cubic foot
    • Description: The Leonard Feather jazz series: Dante's inferno; Funkville, U.S.A.; Heavy hearted blues; The night blooming jazzmen; Rio; Twelve tone blues; Calypsoul; and Yamaha blues. More by Leonard Feather and/or others: Get rich quick -- My place -- Peace of mind -- The lady from Leblon -- Baby, get lost -- Bebop's fables -- Blowtop blues -- Blues before dawn -- Blues on my weary mind -- Evil gal blues -- Green wine -- How blue can you get -- I remember Bird -- I remember Duke -- I shoulda quit when I was ahead -- Jazz club U.S.A. -- Lady in debt -- Lazy lady boogie -- Meet me halfway -- Midnight in the air -- Mighty like the blues -- Mound bayou -- Nobody taught me -- The one that got away -- On the upside looking down -- Panacea -- Salty papa -- She ain't no saint -- Signing off -- You can fool some of the people -- Whisper not -- You could have had me, baby -- You've got a date with the blues. Also: I hate myself ev'ry morning, by Williams -- While we're young, by Engvick -- Among my souvenirs, by Leslie and Nicholls -- Jimmy McHugh song folio -- OO-bla-dee, by Williams and Orent -- Be-bop piano solo series -- Zonky, by Razaf and Waller -- My fate is in your hands, by Razaf and Waller -- Grab him, by Razaf and Finke -- Black and blue, by Razaf and Waller (Connie's Hot chocolates) -- Saratoga, by Mercer and Arlen -- Say si si, by Stillman and Luban -- Sentimental journey, by Green, Brown, and Homer -- A stranger in town, by Torme -- Swinging on a star, by Burke and Heusen -- Tangerine, by Mercer and Schertzinger -- That ole devil called love, by Roberts and Fisher -- There is no greater love, by Symes and Jones -- Trouble in mind, by Jones -- 12th street rag, by Bowman -- Walkin' by the river, by Sour and Carlisle -- When the moon comes over the mountain, by Smith, Johnson, and Woods -- Anna, by Engvick -- Baby, please stop and think about me, by Ellington and Gordon -- Blue champagne, by Watts and Ryerson -- Every day, by Chatman -- Guess I'll go back home, by Robison and Mayer -- Here's that rainy day, by Burke and Heusen (Carnival in Flanders) -- Hey naughty papa, by Wilson -- John Henry Blues, by Handy -- Try this over on your piano, by Handy -- Shoeboot's serenade, by Handy -- Just like a melody out of the sky, by Donaldson -- I'll see you in my dreams, by Kahn and Jones -- I'm gonna laugh you out of my life, by Coleman and McCarthy -- My babe, by Dixon and Stone
      Container: Box 66
      Location: V: Printed Scores

  • VI: Audiocassette Tapes

    2.0 cubic feet

    This series contains master audiocassette tapes. Part of these tapes have been digitized. Below is a list of user digital copies of the audiocassette tapes. This is not a complete description of the content of the tapes, but rather a preliminary overview.

    Content Master User Digital Copy Box/CD
    Pepper Adams with B.Potts. Big Band at Frankie Condon's Supper Club (Rockville, MD), October 11, 1979 cassette 1 8/1
    Ernestine Anderson -- R. Kellaway -- Chick Corea -- Dick Cathcart. Interview, August 26, 1987 cassette 2 8/2
    Ron Anderson vocalizing. Day of Performance, Delicate Condition cassette 3 8/3
    B. Ranford. Blindfold Test cassette 4 8/4
    Chet Baker. Interview, November 30, 1984 cassette 5 8/5
    Edwin Bayard. Tenor, Soprano sax (gig), January 10, 1992 cassette 6 8/6
    Louie Bellson -- Neil Swainson. Interview cassette 7 8/7
    Tony Bennett. Interview, September 1975 cassette 8 8/8
    Tony Bennett -- L. Ritenour. Interview, March 6, 1990 cassette 9 8/9
    Tony Bennett -- Miriam Klein. Interview, March 1978 cassette 10 8/10
    George Benson. Interview, January 10, 1978 cassette 11 8/11
    Eubie Blake. Birthday Party, February 7, 1977 cassette 12 8/12
    Joanne Brackeen. Interview cassette 13 8/13
    Brazil. Interview cassette 14 8/14
    Michael Brecker. Interview cassette 15 8/15
    Gail Buckley. Interview, June 28, 1986 cassette 16 8/16
    Leu Camacho. Miles Interview, September 15, 1971 cassette 17 8/17
    Benny Carter -- McCoy Tyner. Interviews, July 23 and August 15, 1987 cassette 18 8/18
    Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham. Interview, November 16, 1986 cassette 19 8/19
    Audree Coke. Interview cassette 20 8/20
    Kenny Coleman. Interview, December 30, 1986 cassette 21 8/21
    John Colianni -- Tony Williams. Interview, November 12, 1986 cassette 22 8/22
    B. Collette -- Llew Matthews. Museum Concert, June 1, 1980 cassette 23 8/23
    Alice Coltrane -- Mary Fettig. Interview, May 1985 cassette 24 8/24
    Conference on World Affairs (Boulder, CO). Civil Rights Panel cassette 25 8/25
    Conference on World Affairs. (Boulder, CO). Colorado Public Radio. Reporter Peter Jones, March 3, 1994 (air date) cassette 26 8/26
    Conference on World Affairs. English Language cassette 27 8/27
    Bill Cosby. Interview, August 14, 1979 cassette 28 8/28
    Bill Cosby. Interview, March 2, 1990 cassette 29 8/29
    Bing Crosby. Interview, March 18, 1976 cassette 30 8/30
    Eddie Daniels -- Joe Sardaro, February 1, 1987 cassette 31 8/31
    Miles Davis. Small Machine Interview cassette 32 8/32
    Miles Davis at Malibu -- Faddis Interview, March 31, 1984 cassette 33 8/33
    Miles Davis. Interview On Phone, August 1971 cassette 34 8/34
    Miles Davis. Interview, December 1, 1980 cassette 35 8/35
    Miles Davis. Interview, September 11, 1971 cassette 36 8/36
    Miles Davis and Cicely. Interview, August 1982 cassette 37 8/37
    Leviev-Walker, December 30, 1982 -- Miles Davis, February 22,1983 -- Kenny Burrell cassette 38 8/38
    Sammy Davis Jr. Interview, June 4, 1976 cassette 39 8/39
    Amy Duncan's Brass Tacks cassette 40 8/40
    Eddie Durham -- Maynard Ferguson. Interview, 1984 cassette 41 8/41
    Sweets Edison's 68th birthday, October 10, 1983 -- Zoot and Louise, September 7, 1983 cassette 42 8/42
    April Ellington. Interview cassette 43 8/43
    Duke Ellington and Strayhorn. Lush Life, January 1964 cassette 44 8/44
    Friends of Duke Ellington. Leonard Feather Tribute, January 3, 1981 cassette 45 8/45
    Mercer Ellington. Bermuda, May 30, 1974 cassette 46 8/46
    Mercer Ellington. Interview cassette 47 8/47
    Mercer Ellington. Interview, April 26, 1987 cassette 48 8/48
    Jack Elliott -- Luther Henderson -- Dave Liebman. Blindfold Test, April 9, 1984 cassette 49 8/49
    Mike Fahn and others. Le Café cassette 50 8/50
    Mike Fahn -- Billie Holiday. Signing off cassette 51 8/51
    Leonard Feather. Lecture Athenaeum Library (LaJolla, CA), May 16, 1992 cassette 52 8/52
    Ella Fitzgerald. Interview, 1983, 1989 cassette 53-55 8/53-55
    Red Foxx. Interview cassette 56 8/56
    Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Interviews with Arnold Rampersad, biographer of Langston Hughes and with Mel Torme cassette 57 8/57
    Dave Frishberg. Interview, October 31, 1983 cassette 58 8/58
    Full Swing. Radio Interview (Monterey) with Lorraine Feather. PBJ, 1985 cassette 59 8/59
    The Leonard Feather Show. Terry Gibbs -- Shorty Rogers. Radio Show and Interview, May 4, 1986 cassette 60 8/60
    Dizzy Gillespie. Interview, May 27, 1990 cassette 61 8/61
    Dizzy Gillespie -- Cavett, 1995 -- Bobbi Humphrey, December 2, 1973 cassette 62 8/62
    Dizzy Gillespie -- Zawinul. Interview, January 6, 1990 cassette 63 8/63
    Dizzy Gillespie -- Miles Davis. Interview, September 10-11, 1971 cassette 64 8/64
    Stephane Grappelli. Album, November 29, 1980 cassette 65 8/65
    Stephane Grappelli. KBCA Interview, March 14, 1976 cassette 66 8/66
    Dave Grusin. Interview cassette 67 8/67
    Fred Hall's Swing Thing with Leonard Feather cassette 68 8/68
    Jim Hall. Interview, September 12, 1990 cassette 69 8/69
    Scott Hamilton. Blindfold Test, January 8, 1988 cassette 70 8/70
    Lionel Hampton. Phone Interview, August 15, 1986 cassette 71 8/71
    Lionel Hampton -- Joe Sample. DNE Interview cassette 72 8/72
    Herbie Hancock, September 17, 1985 -- Randy Weston. Interview cassette 73 8/73
    Havana Concert. Random discussion, speech, May 18, 1977 cassette 74 8/74
    Milt Hinton. Interview, March 17, 1985 cassette 75 8/75
    Art Hodes. Concert at Southeastern Community College (West Burlington, IA), April 28, 1985 cassette 76 8/76
    Billie Holiday. Signing Off cassette 77 8/77
    Billie Holiday Story (Andy Potter) cassette 78 8/78
    Billie Holiday Tribute, April 1986 cassette 79 8/79
    Paul Horn. Rudy Vallee One Man Concert. Interview, 1978 cassette 80 8/80
    Lena Horne. Interview, March 2, 1978 cassette 81 8/81
    Lena Horne. Pantages Theatre: Interview, December 9, 1982 cassette 82 8/82
    Dick Hyman cassette 83 8/83
    Michael Jackson May 15, 1987 -- Frank Capp, March 5, 1986 cassette 84 8/84
    Milt Jackson. Interview (No Blindfold Test), August 14, 1984 cassette 85 8/85
    Ahmad Jamal -- O.C. Smith. Interview, November 29, 1987 cassette 86 8/86
    Jazz Bird, July 31, 1988 cassette 87 8/87
    Quincy Jones. Interview, December 17, 1987 cassette 88-89 9/88-89
    Thad Jones -- Mel Lewis. Rotterdam Interview, May 29, 1978 cassette 90 9/90
    Keep The Dream Alive. Interviews with Tom Scott, Larry Carlton, Bill Henderson, Billy Eckstein, Kenny Rankin, Carmen McRae, Della Reese, Michael McIntosh, Ray Brown, Sarah Vaughan cassette 91 9/91
    Roger Kellaway, December 28, 1988 -- Red Rodney, January 9, 1989 cassette 92 9/92
    How blue can you get? Music and Lyrics by Leonard Feather recorded by B.B. King. cassette 93 9/93
    Andrei Kitaev. Trio Live, December 1987 cassette 94 9/94
    Irene Kral Trio and Harold Vick Quintet cassette 95 9/95
    Lester. Blindfold Test cassette 96 9/96
    Mel Lewis. Interview cassette 97 9/97
    Melba Liston. Kansas City Interview, March 24, 1979 cassette 98 9/98
    Mundell Lowe. Interview, July 10, 1984 cassette 99 9/99
    Adam Makowicz Trio Live from Mount Gretna (PA) Festival cassette 100 9/100
    Adam Makowicz -- Lionel Hampton. Interview cassette 101 9/101
    Henry Mancini. Interview, September 30, 1976 cassette 102 9/102
    Albert Mangelsdorff. Interview cassette 103 9/103
    Herbie Mann. Interview cassette 104 9/104
    Son Manning Jazz Show. Inside Leonard Feather, May 4, 1983 cassette 105 9/105
    Dr. Mark. Blindfold Test, January 7, 1988 cassette 106 9/106
    Branford Marsalis. Interview, April 30, 1984 cassette 107 9/107
    Branford Marsalis,November 29, 1986 -- Annie Ross, November 30, 1986 cassette 108 9/108
    Ellis Marsalis, February 14, 1990 -- Maynard Ferguson cassette 109 9/109
    Wynton Marsalis, November 23, 1986 -- Ernestine Anderson. Interview cassette 110 9/110
    Dorothy Hart -- Sam Marx. Interview cassette 111 9/111
    David Matthews, May 2, 1987 -- John Heard -- African Sunrise, April 3, 1985 cassette 112 9/112
    Rob McConnell. Blindfold Test, January 10, 1984 -- John Hammond, July 5, 1983 cassette 113 9/113
    Marian McPartland. Interview KCRW, March 7, 1989 cassette 114 9/114
    Marian McPartland. Interview, January 17, 1988 cassette 115 9/115
    Marian McPartland. Leonard Feather Guest, NPR, c1988 cassette 116 9/116
    Mike Melvoin -- Sue Raney. Interview, February 7, 1984 cassette 117 9/117
    Irving Mills. Interview cassette 118 9/118
    Joni Mitchell cassette 119 9/119
    Monk Montgomery. Interview, January 8, 1987 cassette 120 9/120
    Billy Moore. Interview, October 27, 1985 cassette 121 9/121
    Dudley Moore. Interview cassette 122 9/122
    Dan Morgenstern. Leonard Feather Tribute, September 15, 1991 cassette 123 9/123
    Gerry Mulligan -- Oscar Brown. Blindfold Test cassette 124 9/124
    Red Norvo cassette 125 9/125
    Leonard Feather. Regent Sea, September 27, 1987 -- Red Norvo, October 11, 1987 cassette 126 9/126
    Charlie Parker. Interview cassette 127 9/127
    Ann Patterson. Interview, June 3, 1986 cassette 128 9/128
    Art Pepper, January 24, 1978 -- Patrice Rushen, November 27, 1977 cassette 129 9/129
    Oscar Peterson. Interview, November 6, 1986 cassette 130 9/130
    Mel Powell. Interview, October 18, 1986 cassette 131 9/131
    Mel Powell. Preforming at UCLA, February 2, 1988 cassette 132 9/132
    Buddy Rich. Tirade cassette 133 9/133
    Sonny Rollins. Interview cassette 134 9/134
    Linda Ronstadt -- Bob Krasnow -- Shadow Fax, February 8, 1984 cassette 135 9/135
    Jimmy/Stacy Rowles. Interview, October 19, 1986 -- Leonard Feather Show. Rowleses. Blindfold, October 26,1986 cassette 136 9/136
    Lalo Schifrin. Blindfold Test -- Adam Platt cassette 137 9/137
    Tony Scott. Zurich Big Band cassette 138 9/138
    Doc Severinsen, September 30, 1986 -- Ritenour/Dave Grusin. Interview, August 20, 1986 cassette 139 9/139
    George Shearing. Interview, 1988 cassette 140 9/140
    George and Ellie Shearing sing Happy Birthday, September 13, 1980 cassette 141 9/141
    George Shearing, May 14, 1986 -- Bob Haggart cassette 142 9/142
    Cybill Shepherd In Concert (Jackson, MS), April 18, 1980 cassette 143 9/143
    Bobby Short. Phone Interview, August 8, 1987 cassette 144 9/144
    Bobby Short. Moments Like This, 1982 cassette 145 9/145
    Wayne Shorter -- B.B. King. Blindfold Test, February 18, 1982 cassette 146 9/146
    Ben Sidran. Interview/music cassette 147 9/147
    Andy Simpkins. Interview cassette 148 9/148
    Kate Smith, December 30, 1977 -- Johnny Hodges cassette 149 9/149
    Alexander Stellio. Franco-Creole Bigunes from Martinique cassette 150 9/150
    For Leonard Feather: Lightnin' Hopkins Obit. -- Mildred Bailey Tibute -- Thelonious Monk Obit. Excerpts from NPR's All Things Considered cassette 151 9/151
    Art Tatum. Interview by Leonard Feather from Café Society, 1950? cassette 152 9/152
    Billy Taylor. Solo cassette 153 9/153
    The Leonard Feather Show. Castaway, January 1985 cassette 154 9/154
    The Leonard Feather Show. Ellington's Birthday Celebration Pt. 1, April 28, 1984 cassette 155 9/155
    The Leonard Feather Show. Ellington's Birthday Celebration Pt. 2, May 5, 1984 cassette 156 9/156
    The Leonard Feather Show. Guest Louie Bellson, April 14, 1985 cassette 157-158 9/157-158
    The Leonard Feather Show. Guest Bob Udkoff, July 28, 1984 cassette 159 9/159
    The Leonard Feather Show. Mel Torme, April 28, 1985 cassette 160 9/160
    The Leonard Feather Show. Mel Torme as Guest on Duke Ellington's Birthday, April 28, 1985 cassette 161 9/161
    The Leonard Feather Show. Pierce, Collette, Fostina, August 3, 1980 cassette 162 9/162
    The Leonard Feather Show. Mel Torme Interview, April 29, 1985 cassette 163 9/163
    The Leonard Feather Show. Terry Gibbs and Shorty Rogers II, May 11, 1986 cassette 164 9/164
    The Leonard Feather Show. Bill Watrous, November 8 and December 13, 1987 cassette 165 9/165
    The Leonard Feather Show. Ellington with Bob Udkoff cassette 166 9/166
    The Leonard Feather Show. Interview with Stacy Rowles, November 22 and 29, 1987 cassette 167 9/167
    Toots Thielman. Interview, September 28, 1990 cassette 168 9/168
    Cal Tjader. Interview cassette 169 9/169
    Giovanni Tommaso Quintet. Via G.T. cassette 170 9/170
    Tomorrow Show with Leonard Feather. Granz, G. Benson, O. Peterson, April 28, 1978 cassette 171 9/171
    Toshiko -- Barbara McNair. Interview, September 1977 cassette 172 9/172
    Toshiko -- Lee Ritenour. Interview, January 1978 cassette 173 9/173
    Harold Vick Quintet cassette 174 9/174
    Bill Watrous -- Pat Williams. Interview, 1986 cassette 175 9/175
    LaRue Brown Watson. Interview, March 19, 1980 cassette 176 7/176
    George Wein -- Pointer Sisters. Interview cassette 177 7/177
    White House Jazz. Nelson cassette 178 7/178
    White House. President Carter. Live Performance, June 18, 1978 cassette 179 7/179
    Cootie Williams -- D. Ellington. Blues with Duke cassette 180 7/180
    Joe Williams. Interview, January 26, 1985 cassette 181 7/181
    Flip Wilson. Interview cassette 182 7/182
    Phil Woods. Blindfold Test cassette 183 7/183
    Phil Woods. Interview and Blindfold Test, August 1978 -- Merv Griffin, October 7, 1976 cassette 184 7/184
    Zawinul and Shorter. Interview, February 1985 cassette 185 7/185
    Ruth Etting. Interview, September 3, 1978 cassette 186 7/186

  • VII: Open Reel Tapes

    9.0 cubic feet

    This series contains master open reel tapes. Part of these tapes have been digitized. Below is a list of user digital copies of the open reel tapes. This is not a complete description of the content of the tapes, but rather a preliminary overview.

    Content Master User Digital Copy Box/CD
    Basin Street, January 1956 reel 1 6/1
    Booker -- Norvo reel 2 6/2
    Buddy DeFranco reel 3 6/3
    Victor Feldman (Blindfold Test), June 1961 reel 4 6/4
    Bill Henderson -- L. Alexandria -- L. Feather, October 1963 reel 5 6/5
    Party '55: D. Hyman -- J. Shulman -- D. Amram --B. Carroll reel 6 6/6
    Party at 340: B. Short -- S. Allen -- H. and T. Scott -- Billie Holiday, November 1956 reel 7 6/7
    Party at 340: H. Merrill -- L. Feather -- T. Scott -- Billie Holiday, November 1956 reel 8 6/8
    Party for "Book of Jazz," November 1957 reel 9 6/9
    Party for "Book of Jazz": D. Gillespie -- Osie, November 1957 reel 10 6/10
    Party for "Book of Jazz": S. Rollins -- McPartland -- Hampton, November 1957 reel 11 6/11
    Party: H. Scott -- D. Hyman -- W. Mitchell, November 1950 reel 12 6/12
    Speculation: Berwick -- Ellis -- Feather -- Hayes -- Wilson, June 1965 reel 13 6/13
    Adderley -- Godfrey -- Hirt (Blindfold Test), 1961 reel 14 6/14
    Annual Jazz Festival, Tallin, USSR reel 15 6/15
    Arthur Godfrey Time, November 1960 reel 16 6/16
    Art Blakey (Blindfold Test) reel 17 6/17
    Beryl Booker -- B. Mizzy -- M. Neal -- O. Pettiford -- Leonard and Jane Feather (Party at Sheridan Square), November 1948 reel 18 6/18
    Oscar Brown (Blindfold Test), June 1962 reel 19 6/19
    Barbara Carroll -- G. Shearing -- O. Pettiford --K.Clarke -- Jacquet -- Sarah -- C. Ventura -- Bird, December 1948 reel 20 6/20
    Ray Charles (Interview), December 1965 reel 21-21 6/21-22
    Miles Davis, April 1961 reel 23 6/23
    Demos of L. Feather Songs (News Game), July 1958 reel 24 6/24
    Dimensions, CBS, April 1964 reel 25 6/25
    Art Farmer (Blindfold Test) reel 26 6/26
    Dave Garroway (Blindfold Test), June 1955 reel 27 6/27
    L. Feather (in Russian) reel 28 6/28
    L. Feather (Jazz File) reel 29 6/29
    Victor Feldman reel 30 6/30
    Victor Feldman (Interview) reel 31 6/31
    Dizzy Gillespie (Interview), May 1961 reel 32 6/32
    Norman Granz reel 33 6/33
    Gumina -- J. Ludwig -- B. DeFranco -- D. Gordon (Blindfold Test), 1965 reel 34 6/34
    Phineas NewBorn reel 35 6/35
    Oscar Peterson -- A. Previn (Interview, jokes) reel 36 6/36
    Dick Hyman, September 1950 reel 37 6/37
    Mahalia Jackson (Interview), August 1962 reel 38 6/38
    Jazz Club USA, 1951 reel 39 6/39
    Jazz File reel 40 6/40
    Jazz on the Air Fran Mott, WOSC reel 41 6/41
    Jazz Show (Eckstein and Jazz), May 1971 reel 42 6/42
    Quincy Jones, October 1960 reel 43 6/43
    Quincy Jones -- D. Elliot -- Bags -- G. Russell (Blindfold Test), October 1960 reel 44 6/44
    Quincy Jones -- Kenton, July 1963 reel 45 6/45
    Platterbrains: L. Ferraday -- J. Desmond -- Wicks -- G. Frazier reel 46 6/46
    Platterbrains: M. Torme -- T. Richards -- V. Wicks -- G. Frazier reel 47 6/47
    Play Boy -- Miles Davis -- Ellington (Blindfold Test), 1958 reel 48 6/48
    Ben Pollack -- L. Feather reel 49 6/49
    Ben Pollack (Blindfold Test), November 1962 reel 50 6/50
    Herbie Mann reel 51 6/51
    Shelly Manne reel 52 6/52
    Joe Morello (Blindfold Test), October 1960 reel 53 6/53
    H. Mancini (Interview) reel 54 6/54
    Kirk Roland -- K. Boswell (Blindfold Test) reel 55 6/55
    Sonny Rollins -- McCoy Tyner -- Ron Carter reel 56 6/56
    Stuff Smith (Interview) reel 57 6/57
    Sunday Breakfast Show reel 58 6/58
    Art Tatum reel 59 6/59
    Cal Tjader -- C. Fischer -- V. Guaraldi (Blindfold Test), March 1962 reel 60 6/60
    Variety, 1955 reel 61 6/61
    Yuri Vikharieff (Leningrad), June 1963 reel 62 6/62
    Ben Webster -- Danish Audio Rehearsal reel 63 6/63
    Joe Williams (Blindfold Test), February [1961?] reel 64 6/64
    MaryLou Williams reel 65 6/65
    Lester Young -- O. Peterson (Blindfold Test) reel 66 6/66
    George Shearing rehearsal followed by Cannonball and John Levy, January 1962 reel 67 6/67
    George Shearing (Interview), October 1966 reel 68 6/68
    Stan Kenton -- McCann (Blindfold Test), January 1961 reel 69 6/69
    Stan Kenton -- B. Holiday? (Blindfold Test), May 1966 reel 70 6/70
    Eubie Blake reel 71 6/71
    Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) -- George Shearing Radio Show, April 1965 reel 72 6/72
    Ornette Coleman reel 73 6/73
    Russian Jazz, 1963 reel 74-75 6/74-75
    Satires: B. Holiday Interview -- P.Lee -- Teagarten -- A. Dean reel 76 6/76
    Seminar: Jazz as Recorded Art, 1972 reel 77 6/77
    Kirby Stone, April 1950 reel 78 6/78
    Mildred Mayne demo reel 79 6/79
    Samuel Hayakawa -- M. Jackson -- J. Williams --F. Strozier (Blindfold Test), [1967?] reel 80 6/80
    John Hammond -- L. Feather, August 1972 reel 81 6/81
    Esquire Award Concert, 1945 reel 82 6/82
    Billy Eckstein reel 83 6/83
    Frank Cook -- J. and S. Otis (Blindfold Test) reel 84 7/84
    Jon Hendricks -- Monica Zetterlund (Blindfold Test) reel 85 7/85
    Gennady Goldstain --Nosov -- Neplok -- Crabar --Rollins -- Lewis reel 86 7/86
    Holmes reel 87 7/87
    L. Feather: NAACP Spots reel 88 7/88
    Paul Desmond (Blindfold Test), 1958 reel 89 7/89
    Ronnie Ross (Blindfold Test), 1958 reel 89 7/90
    Johnny Mandel (Blindfold Test), 1958 reel 89 7/91
    Duke Elllington (Blindfold Test), November 1953 reel 90 7/92
    Dizzy Gillespie (Blindfold Test), November 1958 reel 91 7/93
    Ben Webster (Blindfold Test), 1958 reel 92 7/94
    Erroll Garner (Blindfold Test), 1958 reel 92 7/95
    George Shearing (Blindfold Test), 1958 reel 92 7/96
    Benny Goodman (Blindfold Test) reel 93 7/97
    Varsity Magazine Show -- King Cole Trio Time, April 1948 reel 94 7/98

    • Description: Reels 1-12 (See User Digital Copy)
      Container: Box 79
      Location: VII: Open Reel Tapes
    • Description: Reels 13-34 (See User Digital Copy)
      Container: Box 80
      Location: VII: Open Reel Tapes
    • Description: Reels 35-54 (See User Digital Copy)
      Container: Box 81
      Location: VII: Open Reel Tapes
    • Description: Reels 55-74 (See User Digital Copy)
      Container: Box 82
      Location: VII: Open Reel Tapes
    • Description: Reels 75-94 (See User Digital Copy)
      Container: Box 83
      Location: VII: Open Reel Tapes
    • Description: Reels not digitized (Access restricted for technical reasons)
      Container: Box 84-87
      Location: VII: Open Reel Tapes

  • VIII: Records

    1.3 cubic foot

    This series contains master records. Part of these records have been digitized. Below is a list of user digital copies of the records. This is not a complete description of the content of the records, but rather a preliminary overview.

    Title (Author/Interpreter, Date) Master User Digital Copy Box/CD
    Age of romance -- I came to the city (Alan Dean) disc 1 4/1
    The heart you stole from me (Alan Dean) disc 2-3 4/2
    Ours (Alan Dean) disc 2-3 4/3
    Don't hold it against me -- Overwork blues (Ann Cornell) disc 4 4/4
    Aguas de marco (Antonio Carlos Jobim) disc 5 4/5
    The bossa nova (Leonard Feather/Arthur Godfrey) disc 6 4/6
    Once in the morning -- Nothing happens (Barbara Carroll) disc 7 4/7
    Work song -- My analyst says I love you (Barbara Carroll) disc 8 4/8
    Where were you -- You'd better go now (Beryl Booker) disc 9 4/9
    Signing off (Billie Holiday) disc 10 4/10
    Signing off (Leonard Feather/Bob Grabeau) disc 11 4/11
    I'm the lonesomest gal in town -- Water water (Carel Lee Feather, 10-1941) disc 12 4/12
    The heart you stole from me (Charlie Barnet and his orchestra, vocal: Bob Carroll-- Maxine Sullivan) disc 13 4/13
    Battle of blues (Dizzy Gillespie and The Cool Jazzmen) -- Music to love by disc 14 4/14
    Blues for the chicks -- Moving day blues (Doc Pomus) disc 15 4/15
    Where were you, Leonard Feather (Doris Drew) disc 16 4/16
    I came to the city (Dreamers) disc 17 4/17
    Mighty like the blues (Duke Ellington Octet, 7-1960) disc 18 4/18
    You didn't want me baby (Elaine Brent) disc 19 4/19
    No more dreams -- The little green light (Helen Merrill) disc 20-21 4/20-21
    Nobody taught me (Leonard Feather) disc 22 4/21
    The little green light (Jackie Paris) -- Where were you (Beryl Booker) disc 23 4/22
    Evil gal's daughter (Joan Shaw) disc 24-25 4/23
    Get out of my sight -- Me and my wig (Joe Thomas) disc 26 4/24
    Jealous blues -- Way downtown at the bottom of the hill (Johnny Davis) disc 27-30 4/25
    I'm looking at you dear -- Yak! Yak! (Johnny King with Budd Johnson's All Stars) disc 31 4/26
    Don't pin me down (Feather/Joyce Collins) disc 32-36 4/27
    I'll be a long time gone (Feather and Jerry Gladston/Joyce Collins) disc 37-38 4/28
    Blues in our flat -- Lost in a fog, (Feather and Adrian, 11-1942) disc 39 4/29
    Strictly from dixie blues (Feather/Helena Horne, 9-1941) -- Unlucky woman (Carol Lee and Feather/Linda Keene, 11-1941) disc 40 4/30
    You could have had me baby (Lou Rawls, 6-1973) disc 41 4/31
    I remember Bird (Feather/Monique and Louis Aldebert) disc 42 4/32
    Ours -- You've got a date with the blues (Mary Osborne) disc 43-44 4/33
    Down beat (Ralph Marterie, Mercury) disc 45 4/34
    Signing off (Feather and Russell/Sarah Vaughan) disc 46 4/35
    I'm hungry -- I'm jealous of my baby (Sonny Parker) disc 47 4/36
    Muddy Gutter (Sonny Parker) disc 48-49 4/37
    Pastoral (Tony Pastor, 1-1940) disc 50 4/38
    Blues at dawn (Langston Hughes and Feather) disc 51 4/39
    Esquire jump (Feather) disc 52 4/40
    Evil gal blues (Feather) disc 53 4/41
    Evil gal's daughter blues disc 54 4/42
    Haunted (Feather and Andy Razaf) disc 55-56 4/43
    I never knew a love like this (Feather) disc 57 4/44
    I'd rather have a memory than a dream (Feather and Jessyca Russell) disc 58-59 4/45
    Intime -- Natural affection disc 60-62 4/46-47
    The kissing chain disc 63 4/48
    Lonely night without you (Langston Hughes and Feather) disc 64-65 4/49
    Love is a word for the blues (Feather and Milt Raskin) disc 66-68 4/50
    The more the merrier disc 69 4/51
    Mound bayou (Feather-Andy Razaf/ Helena Horne with Henry Levine's Orchestra "Strictly from dixie," 8-1941) -- The heart you stole from me (Maxine Sullivan on the "Flow Gently Sweet Music," 11-1940) disc 70 4/52
    Passing by disc 71 4/53
    Regardless (Langston Hughes and Feather) disc 72-74 4/54
    Rio bossa nova blues disc 75-76 4/55
    Salty papa blues (Feather) disc 77 4/56
    Signing on signing off disc 78 4/57
    Snafu disc 79-80 4/58
    Space reflex disc 81 4/59
    That's all there is (Feather and Jessyca Russell) disc 82-84 4/60
    There's this about you (Feather and Bobby Troup) disc 85-87 4/61
    Time for love -- Anyone else but you disc 88 4/62
    Way downtown at the bottom of the hill (J. and Feather) disc 89 4/63
    What's my line -- Your life begins to be worthwhile disc 90 4/64
    A whole lot of woman (Feather and Jerry Gladstone) disc 91-92 4/65
    You can't tell the difference (Feather and Ruth Freed) disc 93-95 4/66
    You're an angel disc 96-97 4/67
    You're crying (Quincy Jones and Feather) disc 98 4/68
    You've got a date with the blues (Feather) disc 99-100 4/69
    Richest guy in the graveyard -- Disciples of the lord (Valli Ford) disc 101 4/70
    You didn't want me baby -- Cool as a cucumber (Valli Ford) disc 102 4/71
    You took my man (Wini Beatty) disc 103 4/72
    You've got a date with the blues (Feather/Woody Herman) disc 104-105 4/73
    Unlucky woman (Carel Lee Feather) -- With effects disc 106 4/74
    I'll be seeing you (Albert "Bud" Johnson) -- Blues in C disc 107 5/1
    Ornithology (Benny Harris, Buddy DeFranco, J.J. Johnson -- Bud Johnson and Bar Chase Ensemble) disc 108 5/2
    Perdido (Buddy DeFranco) -- All the things you are (Barbara Carroll) disc 109 5/3
    Paul Whiteman Show "Stairway to the Stars." Always be sharp (Buddy Weed Trio, 12-8-1946) -- Moldy fig stomp (Chubby Jackson and His Moldy Figs) disc 110 5/4
    Foolish things -- Sweet Lorraine -- Improvisation blues -- Don't blame me (Feather, 7-29-1946) disc 111 5/5
    Honeysuckle rose -- Honeysuckle goose disc 112 5/6-7
    I got rhythm (Leonard Feather's orchestra) disc 113 5/8
    Like old -- Like rose (Ed Sullivan, 9-25-1959) disc 114 5/9
    Not for air play (Marilyn Moore) disc 115 5/10
    Shithouse serenade (J. C. Heard) disc 116 5/11
    Dinah's farewell blues (Dinah Shore, 9-30-1940) -- Chamber Music Society. Mighty like the blues (8-4-1940) disc 117 5/12
    Black, brown, beige (Duke Ellington) disc 118-119 5/13-14
    The deep south (Duke Ellington. Introduction by L. Feather) disc 120 5/15
    I want to be a rugcutter -- Blue with Duke (Cootie Williams with Duke Ellington Band. Dedicated and signed by Duke) disc 121 5/16
    Lady be good -- Subtle slough (Duke Ellington, 6-6-1943) disc 122 5/17
    On becoming a square (Duke Ellington) disc 123 5/18
    Strayhorn's dirge -- Strayhorn's stomp disc 124 5/19
    You will never know -- Tonight I shall sleep (Duke Ellington, 6-6-1943) disc 125 5/20
    Blue skies -- I wonder why (Duke Ellington and Orchestra, 11-27-1943) disc 126 5/21
    Dat's in there (Duke Ellington and Orchestra, vocal: Betty Roche, 9-23-1943) disc 127 5/22
    Design for jivin' (arr: Jimmy Hamilton. Duke Ellington and Orchestra, 9-23-1943) disc 128 5/23
    If you please -- Baby please stop (Duke Ellington and Orchestra, 9-12-1943) disc 129 5/24
    Solid ole man -- Go away blues (Duke Ellington and Orchestra, 7-3-1943) disc 130 5/25
    Somebody loves me (arr: Strayhorn. Duke Ellington and Lawrence Brown, 8-1-1943) -- I don't stand a ghost of a chance (arr: Jimmy Hamilton. Duke Ellington and Orchestra, 7-18-1943) disc 131 5/26
    Wait for me Mary (arr: Strayhorn. Duke Ellington and Tricky Sam, 7-16-1943)-- Do nothing till you hear from me (Duke Ellington with Al Hibbler, 8-1-1943) disc 132 5/27
    Creole love call (Duke Ellington with Beverly White, Wallace Jones, and Harry Carney, 6-13-1943) -- Ain't misbehaving -- Theme ending (Duke Ellington, 6-13-1943) disc 133 5/28
    Easy street -- Love like this can't last -- It don't mean a thing (Duke Ellington Orchestra) disc 134 5/29
    An unbooted character -- Three cent stomp (Duke Ellington's Orchestra, 5-1943) disc 135 5/30
    Brazillai Lew -- My dream of tomorrow (Duke Ellington's Orchestra, 4-16-1943) disc 136 5/31
    Have you changed -- I don't want to set the world on fire (arr: Strayhorn. Duke Ellington's Orchestra, vocal: Herbie Jeffries) disc 137 5/32
    Rose of rio grande (Duke Ellington's Orchestra) disc 138 5/33
    52nd street theme (Earl Powell) -- Blues in C (J. J. Johnson, Cecil Payne, Bud Powell) disc 139 5/34
    Indiana (J. J. Johnson) -- Perdido (Buddy DeFranco) disc 140 5/35
    Flow gently sweet rhythm -- Polonaise, Chopin (arr. by Leonard Feather, John Kirby and Orchestra. Dedicated and signed by Kirby, 12-8-1940) disc 141 5/36
    The home of music (Levy's). Souvenir of Duke's visit to England disc 142 5/37
    Signing off (Sarah Vaughan, 12-16-1948) disc 143 5/38
    Basin street (1-16-1944) disc 144 5/39
    Chamber Music Society. The blues (6-21-1940)-- Mighty like blues (8-4-1940) disc 145 5/40
    Esquire all-american jazz broadcast. Orson Welles introduces Leonard Feather awarding prizes to Duke, Woody, King Cole (1-16-1946) -- Long long journey (Feather, piano with Woody Herman Orchestra, 1-1946) disc 146 5/41
    Leonard Feather interview (1-16-1944) disc 147 5/42
    We the people (Louis Armstrong and Leonard Feather, 5-28-1946) disc 148-149 5/43-44
    The Mildred Bailey show (12-29-1944). I can't give you anything but love (Tatum) -- Invitation to a trance -- From rocking horse to rocking chair -- Confessing -- Tea for two disc 150-152 5/45-46
    Tonight Feather jazz show (12-20-1955) disc 153-154 5/47-49
    Leonard Feather and the Platterbrains (with Cootie Williams, George Simon, Joe Sullivan, Bob Bach, Barry Ulanov, 11-14-1942) -- (with Jack Teagarden, Wingie Manone, Anita Boyer, Bernie Mann, 12-9-1944) disc 155-159 5/50-55
    WMGM Dedication. Gone with the wind (Feather, piano, 9-22-1948) disc 160 5/56
    Ornithology (Bud Powell, Lee Konitz, Chuck Wayne, Budd Johnson) disc 161-162 5/57-58

    • Description: Discs 1-53 (See User Digital Copy)
      Container: Box 88
      Location: VIII: Records
    • Description: Discs 54-106 (See User Digital Copy)
      Container: Box 89
      Location: VIII: Records
    • Description: Discs 107-134 (See User Digital Copy)
      Container: Box 90
      Location: VIII: Records
    • Description: Discs 135-162 (See User Digital Copy)
      Container: Box 91
      Location: VIII: Records
    • Description: Discs not digitized
      Container: Box 116
      Location: VIII: Records

  • IX: Films

    5.0 cubic feet

    This series contains master films. Part of these films have been digitized. Below is a list of user digital copies of the films. This is not a complete description of the content of the films, but rather a preliminary overview.

    Content film User Digital Copy Box/DVD
    The Subject is Jazz. Blues. Special guests: Leonard Feather and Jimmy Rushing. Billy Taylor (piano), Eddie Safranski (bass), Mundell Lowe (guitar), Ed Thigpen (drums), Buck Clayton (trumpet), Vic Dickenson (trombone), Paul Quinichette (sax) film 1 5/1
    The Subject is Jazz. Swing. Special Guest: John Hammond. Billy Taylor (piano), Eddie Safranski (bass), Mundell Lowe (guitar), Ed Thigpen (drums), Buck Clayton, Carl Severinsen, Carl Pool (trumpets), Benny Morton, Jimmy Cleveland (trombones), Tony Scott, Sid Cooper, Ben Webster, Paul Quinichette (reeds) film 2 5/1
    The Subject is Jazz. Bop. Special guest: Julian Adderley. Billy Taylor (piano), Eddie Safranski (bass), Mundell Lowe (guitar), Ed Thigpen (drums), Julian Adderley (sax), Nat Adderley (cornet), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone) film 3 5/2
    The Subject is Jazz. Cool. Special guest: Lee Konitz. Billy Taylor (piano), Eddie Safranski (bass), Mundell Lowe (guitar), Ed Thigpen (drums), Lee Konitz (alto sax), Warne Marsh (tenor sax) Don Elliott (trumpet, mellophone, vibes) film 4 5/4
    The Subject is Jazz. What is jazz? Special guest: Duke Ellington. Billy Taylor (piano), Osie Johnson (drums), Mundell Lowe (guitar), Eddie Safranski (bass), Tony Scott (clarinet), Carl Severinsen (trumpet), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone). 1958 film 5 5/4
    The Subject is Jazz. Early Jazz. Special guest: Wilbur de Paris. Billy Taylor (piano), Wilbert Kirk (drums), Mundell Lowe (guitar), Eddie Safranski (bass), Wilbur de Paris (trombone), Sidney de Paris (trumpet), Omer Simeon (clarinet) film 6 5/5
    The Subject is Jazz. Jazz and other arts. Special guests: Dr. Harold Taylor, Langston Hughes, Al Minns. Billy Taylor (piano), Eddie Safranski (bass), Mundell Lowe (guitar), Ed Thigpen (drums), Tony Scott (clarinet-sax), Carl Severinsen (trumpet), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone) film 7 5/6
    The Subject is Jazz. Jazz Today. Billy Taylor (piano), Mundell Lowe (guitar), Ed Thigpen (drums), Earl May (bass), Tony Scott (clarinet-sax), Carl Severinsen (trumpet), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone) film 8 5/6
    The Subject is Jazz. Performance. Billy Taylor (piano), Osie Johnson (drums), Mundell Lowe (guitar), Eddie Safranski (bass), Tony Scott (clarinet), Carl Severinsen (trumpet), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone) ) film 9 5/7
    The Subject is Jazz. Ragtime. Special guests: Dr. Marshall Stearns and Willie (The Lion) Smith. Billy Taylor (piano), Osie Johnson (drums), Mundell Lowe (guitar), Eddie Safranski (bass), Tony Scott (clarinet and sax), Yank Lawson (trumpet), Will Bradley (trombone) film 10 5/7
    The Subject is Jazz. The Future of Jazz. Special guests: Dr. Robert Pace and George Russell. Billy Taylor (piano), Eddie Safranski (bass), Mundell Lowe (guitar), Ed Thigpen (drums), Tony Scott (clarinet-sax), Carl Severinsen (trumpet), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone). 1958 film 11 5/8
    The Subject is Jazz. Jazz and Classical Music. Special guest: Aaron Copland. Billy Taylor (piano), Mundell Lowe (guitar), Ed Thigpen (drums), Earl May (bass), Tony Scott (clarinet-sax), Carl Severinsen (trumpet), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone) film 12 5/8
    The Subject is Jazz. The International Significance of Jazz. Special guests: Willis Conover and Toshiko. Billy Taylor (piano), Eddie Safranski (bass), Mundell Lowe (guitar), Ed Thigpen (drums), Rolf Kuhn (clarinet), Carl Severinsen (trumpet), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Bobby Jaspar (tenor sax and flute) film 13 5/9
    Jazz Scene USA. The Cannonball Adderley Sextet film [?] 5/3
    Jazz Scene USA. Jazz Crusaders. 1966 film 14 5/10
    Jazz Scene USA. Jimmy Smith trio film 15 5/11
    Jazz Scene USA. Stan Kenton and his Orchestra film 16 5/12
    Jazz Scene USA. The Cal Tjader quintet film 17 5/13
    Jazz Scene USA. The Phineas Newborn, Jr. Trio. 1962 film 18 5/14
    Jazz Scene USA. Vi Redd septet film 19 5/15
    Jazz Scene USA. Adderley, Lateef, Zawinul. 1962 film 27 5/27
    Feather On Jazz. Blues Revisited. Featured: Nellie Lutcher, Charlie Shavers, Count Basie. 1967 film 30 5/5
    Feather On Jazz. The Blues. Featured: Duke Ellington, Jimmy Rushing, King Cole Trio film 29 5/5
    Feather On Jazz. Jazz and the Feminine Sound. Featured: Chubby Kemp, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee. 1967 film 31 5/15
    Feather On Jazz. A Study in Saxes. Featured: Jimmy Dorsey, Johnny Hodges. 1967 (Archives Center, NMAH. Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection) film 23, 32 5/18
    Feather On Jazz. The Sound of Percussion. Featured: Lionel Hampton, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa (Archives Center, NMAH. Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection) film 33 5/18
    Feather On Jazz. Bop Singing. Featured: Gene Krupa and his Orchestra, Woody Herman and his Orchestra (Archives Center, NMAH. Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection) film [?] 5/18
    Feather On Jazz. Vibraphone Virtuosi. Featured: Red Norvo, Lionel Hampton, Terry Gibbs. 1967 (Archives Center, NMAH. Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection) film 34 5/18
    Feather On Jazz. A Study in Saxes. Featured: Jimmy Dorsey, Johnny Hodges. 1967 film 23, 32 5/19
    Feather On Jazz. Early West Coast Jazz. Featured: Nat King Cole, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman and his Orchestra film 24 5/19
    Feather On Jazz. Jazz in the Concert Hall. Featured: Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday film 24, 35 5/19
    Feather On Jazz. The Duke Ellington Story. Featured: Kay Davis, Johnny Hodges, Sonny Greer. 1967 film 45 5/19
    Feather On Jazz. Dixieland. Featured: Red Nichols, Jimmy Dorsey, The Firehouse Five Plus Two. 1967 film 36 5/20
    Feather On Jazz. Goodman Alumni. Featured: Harry James, Lionel Hampton film 37 5/20
    Feather On Jazz. Harlem. Featured: Duke Ellington, Louis Jordan, Billie Holiday film 38-39 5/20
    Feather On Jazz. Jazz in the Concert Hall. Featured: Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday film 24 5/20
    Feather On Jazz. 52nd Street. Featured: Red Norvo, Maxine Sullivan film 40 5/22
    Feather On Jazz. Goodman and Basie. Featured: Benny Goodman, Count Basie, June Christy film 41 5/22
    Feather On Jazz. Harlem. Featured: Duke Ellington, Louis Jordan, Billie Holiday, June Christy film 38-39 5/22
    Feather On Jazz. Kenton's Girls. Featured: Anita O'Day, June Christy film 42 5/22
    Feather On Jazz. Male Singers. Featured: Louis Armstrong, King Cole Trio film 43 5/22
    Feather On Jazz. New Orleans. Featured: Kid Ory, Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden film 44 5/22
    Feather On Jazz. The Duke Ellington Story. Featured: Kay Davis, Johnny Hodges, Sonny Greer. 1967 film 45 5/22
    Feather On Jazz. The Nat Cole Story. Featured: Nat King Cole film 46 5/23
    Feather On Jazz. Voices in Harmony. Featured: The Mills Brothers, Frank Sinatra, The Hi-Lo's film 47 5/23
    Feather On Jazz. Young Men with a Horn. Featured: Ziggy Elman, Louis Armstrong, Harry James film 48 5/23
    Feather On Jazz. Keyboard Studies. Featured: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Stan Kenton film 49 5/24
    Feather On Jazz. The Growth of the Big Bands. Featured: Charlie Barnet, Harry James, Sauter-Finegan Orchestra film 50 5/24
    Timex All-Star Jazz Show, November 10, 1958. Featured: Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Chico Hamilton, Les Brown, Lance O'Brien, Anita O'Day, and others film [?] 5/21
    Timex All-Star Jazz Show. The Golden Age of Jazz, January 7, 1959. Featured: Jackie Gleason, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and others film [?] 5/21
    Jazz Casual. The John Coltrane quartet: John Coltrane (sax), Jimmy Garrison (bass), Elvin Jones (drums), McCoy Tyner (piano). Produced by Ralph J. Gleason film 21 5/16
    Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker [Hot House?] film [?] 5/2
    Hot House. Feather, Gillespie, Parker. 1952 film 51 5/29
    Joe Williams film 52 5/29
    Duke Ellington at the White House film 25 5/25
    Theater For a Story. The Sound of Miles Davis. Miles Davis Sextet: Miles Davis (trumpet), Julian Adderly (alto sax), John Coltrane (tenor sax), Paul Chambers (bass), Wynton Kelly (piano), Jimmy Cobb (drums). film 22 5/17
    Lena Horne. Boogie-Woogie Dream film 20 5/15
    Bessie Smith. St. Louis Blues film 26 5/26
    Heisman Trophy: The Possible Dream (college football) film 28 5/28

    • Description: Films 1-20, 25-27
      Container: Box Unboxed (Cage, Southwest shelves)
      Location: IX: Films
    • Description: Films 21-24, 28
      Container: Box 92 (Cage, Southwest shelves)
      Location: IX: Films
    • Description: Films 29-52
      Container: Box 93 (Cage, Southwest shelves)
      Location: IX: Films

  • X: Videotapes

    6.0 cubic feet

    Peter A. Haggart produced an annotated list of the Leonard Feather video collection, in 2004. A copy of the list is in box 94.

    This is not a complete description of the content of the videos, but rather a preliminary overview.

    • Description: 1992 Conference on World Affairs: Jazz Plenary -- Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) and Ekaya, "A Brother With Perfect Timing" -- African Portraits: Hannibal Lokembe -- Jazz in Exile and After Hours -- Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers -- Alberta Hunter: "Blues in der Cookery" -- Alberta Hunter: Jazz at the Smithsonian -- Alberta Hunter: "My Castle's Rockin'" -- All Star Swing Festival -- American Masters: Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing -- America's Music: This is the Blues (See: The Evolutionary Spiral) -- Angela Carole Brown -- Anita O'Day, Live at Ronnie Scott's -- Art Blakey -- Art Blakey, The Jazz Messenger -- The Art Ensemble of Chicago -- Art Farmer: Jazz at the Smithsonian -- Barry Harris, Pianist and Teacher: Passing it on -- Barrey Kessel: Jazz Guitar Improvisation -- B.B. King: Let the Good Times Roll -- BeBop and Swing Guitar: Emily Rember -- Benny Carter -- Benny Carter Project -- Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs -- Bessie's Blues: A tribute to Bessie Smith -- The Bill Cosby Show featuring B. B. King -- Bill Evans: Jazz Pianist on the Creative Process and Self-Teaching -- Billie Holiday: Lady Day -- Birdland: Shows 1, 2, 5 -- Bix, an Interpretation of a Legend -- Blues on Central Avenue -- The Bob Crosby Golden Anniversary Tribute
      Container: Box 94
      Location: X: Videotapes
    • Description: Bobby Short and Friends -- Bobby Short at the Café Carlyle. The Great Saloon Singer of Manhattan -- Bobby Laurence: The Jazz Hoofer -- Born To Swing (See: New Orleans) -- Brazilian Nights and a Lady -- Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concert -- Cab Calloway and His Orchestra -- Cal Tjader Quintet -- Cannonball Adderly Sextet -- Carmen McRae -- At The Catfish Hotel -- Celebrating A Jazz Master: Thelonious Sphere Monk -- Charles Mingus Epitaph -- Chet Baker: Live at Ronnie Scott's -- Chick Corea: Electric Workshop -- Confessin' The Blues, The Music of Jay McShann -- The Cosmic Eye, 1985 -- Count Basie, Singin' The Blues -- David Friesen and Uve Kropinski -- Diane Schur and the Count Basie Orchestra -- Dig (See: The Hole) -- Different Drummer: Elvin Jones -- Diva… -- Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo -- A Duke Named Ellington -- Echoes of Ellington -- Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson: On Stage at Wolf Trap -- Eric Marienthal: Modern Sax -- The Evolutionary Spiral -- Fats Waller -- Fats Waller: This Joint is Jumpin' -- First Person: An Interview with Leonard Feather -- Frank Morgan Quartet -- Frank Sinatra
      Container: Box 95
      Location: X: Videotapes
    • Description: George Shearing: Lullaby of Birdland -- Gibson Concert of Jazz -- Gidon Kremer: Homage a Piazzolla -- Gil Evans and His Orchestra -- A Glad Day in Harlem -- Great Performances: Battle and Marsalis, Baroque Duet -- GRP All Stars (See: The String Trio of New York. Built by Hand) -- The Harper Brothers: Blues Artistry -- Harvest Jazz -- The Hat (See: The Hole) -- Herbie Hancock Trio -- Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane -- Here's to the Lady: A Salute to Billie Holiday -- History of Jazz: Tenor Titans -- The Hole – Implosions -- Jammin' The Blues (See: Song of the Spirit: The Story of Lester Young) -- Jane Jarvis- Jazz Pianist -- Japan Jazz -- Jazz Alive -- Jazz: America's Music -- Jazz City USA -- Jazz Festival '88 -- Jazz Counterpoint: Dick Hyman -- Jazz Counterpoint: Ellis Marsalis -- Jazz Counterpoint: Monty Alexander -- Jazz Counterpoint: Teddy Wilson -- Jazz Counterpoint: Tommy Flanagan -- Jazz in America -- Jazz in America: Dream Band; Jazz in America: Jerry Mulligan; Jazz in America: Max Roach -- Jazz in Exile (See: After Hours) -- Jazz in Review: A Tribute to Red Callender -- Jazz is my Native Language: A portrait of Tashiko Akiyashi -- The Jazz Life: Art Blakey -- Jazz on a Summer's Day -- Jazz on Film -- Jazz Profiles: Joe Williams
      Container: Box 96
      Location: X: Videotapes
    • Description: Jim Hall: Instructional Guitar -- Jimmy Cobb: So Nobody Else Can Hear -- Joe Williams: A Song is Born -- Jon Hendricks: The Freddie Sessions -- Jump The Blues Away -- The Kenton Discussions : Back to Balboa Highlights -- Konitz: Portrait of an Artist as Saxophonist -- L.A. Jazz Society: A Tribute to Gerald Wiggins -- L.A. Jazz Society: A Tribute and Awards Concert, 1994 -- Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday -- Latin Jazz -- The Leaders: Jazz in Paris -- Leonard Feather Legal Deposition -- Leningradsky Band -- The Long Night of Lady Day -- Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra -- Louis Jordan -- Mabel Mercer: A Singer's Singer -- The Making of a Jazz Album -- The Many Faces of Bird -- Meet the Band Leaders -- Memories of the Duke -- Mike Mainieri -- Miles Davis -- Miles Davis at Montreux -- Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis – Mingus -- The Modern Jazz Quartet -- Monk in Oslo: The Theolonious Monk Quartet -- Mr. Drums: Buddy Rick and His Band -- New Orleans
      Container: Box 97
      Location: X: Videotapes
    • Description: Newport Jazz '89 -- New Visions: Eno -- Of Men and Demons -- Olympic Gala: Olympic Jazz All Stars -- One Night With Blue Note -- Ornette Coleman Trio -- Pat Metheny -- Phil Woods in Concert -- Playboy Jazz Festival -- Reed Royalty -- Red Norvo -- Rhythmstick -- Ron Carter and Art Farmer: Live at Sweet Basil -- San Francisco Blues Festival (See: Jump the Blues Away) -- Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One -- Sarah Vaughan: Live from Monterey (See also: Sippy Wallace) -- Sass and Brass with Sarah Vaughan (See: Sippy Wallace) – Satchmo -- The Search for Robert Johnson -- Sentimental Swing: The Music of Tommy Dorsey -- Shirley Horn: Light Out of Darkness -- Sinatra: Portrait of an Album -- Sippy Wallace -- Smithsonian Jazz Series: Bob Wilber… (See: America's Music: This is the Blues) -- Solo Flight: The Genius of Charlie Christian -- Song of the Spirit: The Story of Lester Young -- The Song X Sessions -- Sony Rollins: Saxophone Colossus -- Sophisticated Ladies -- The South Bank Show: John Lee Hooker -- Spike Robinson Interview -- Stephane Grappelli: Live in San Francisco -- Stephanie Haynes: All That Jazz With a View -- Steve Lacy: Lift The Bandstand
      Container: Box 98
      Location: X: Videotapes
    • Description: Steve Smith -- The String Trio of New York: Built By Hand -- Sunday morning. CBS -- Sweet Love, Bitter -- Swing: The Best of the Big Bands -- Talmadge Farlow -- Texas Tenor: The Illinois Jacquet Story -- Tito Puente -- Trendsetter: Conversation with Creed Taylor and Ross Porter Trumpet Kings -- Tuck and Patti: Time After Time -- Vintage Getz -- Voyage To Next -- Wayne and the Lido Jazz All Stars -- Wild Women Don't Have The Blues -- Woody Herman -- Woody Herman and the Ultimate Herd -- Woody Herman and the Famous Alumni Orchestras -- Wolf Trap Salutes Dizzy Gillespie: An All Star Tribute to the Jazz Master -- Wynton Marsalis: Blues and Swing -- Zap Mama: Sabsylma -- Zoot Sims Quartet -- Film Classics. The Big Bands: Count Basie (1964), Lionel Hampton (1965), Duke Ellington (1965) -- Big Bands: Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, Henry James -- Chico Freeman Live at Ronnie Scott's -- Chuck Corea Hosts Piano Legends -- Meet the Dixieland Bands. Jack Teagarden and The Bobcats
      Container: Box 99
      Location: X: Videotapes

  • XI: Artifacts

    • Subseries 1: Clothing

      1.0 cubic foot
      • Description: Trench coat by London Towne with detachable brown fur lining -- Tuxedo jacket and pants "C & R Clothiers"
        Container: Box 100 (offsite-vault)
        Location: XI: Artifacts / Subseries 1: Clothing
      • Description: A handkerchief -- a pair of black leather gloves -- two "North King" hats by J.J. Seifter and Sons, NYC
        Container: Box 101 (offsite-vault)
        Location: XI: Artifacts / Subseries 1: Clothing

    • Subseries 2: Plaques and Awards

      4.8 cubic feet
      • Description: Hollywood Bowl. Battle of the Bands. Los Angeles County Dept. Parks Recreation. April 9, 1978 -- Musicians' Union Local 47 of Southern California. Undated -- School certificate (from Series 1.3)
        Container: Box 102
        Location: XI: Artifacts / Subseries 2: Plaques and Awards
      • Description: Los Angeles Jazz Society. January 20, 1991 -- National Association of Jazz Educators-NAJE. Anaheim, California. 1986 -- Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. Undated -- North Texas State University. Jazz Lab Bands. Denton, Texas. 1978 -- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers-ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award to the Los Angeles Times in recognition of Feather's article "Memories of Billie Holiday." December 16, 1986
        Container: Box 103
        Location: XI: Artifacts / Subseries 2: Plaques and Awards
      • Description: Leonard Feather/Los Angeles Times. Pax -- Participant First Bossa Nova Concert at Carnegie Hall. The Brazilian Consul General of New York. November 21, 1962 -- North Texas State University. Lab Bands. Denton, Texas. 1972 -- Los Angeles Jazz Society. September 11, 1988 -- Concord Records to Feather as annotator on the album "Top Drawer." 1984 -- Marlena Shaw. The Jazz Community. April 1991
        Container: Box 104
        Location: XI: Artifacts / Subseries 2: Plaques and Awards
      • Description: To Jane Feather, from the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. 1995 -- Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. In Memoriam. February 25, 1995 -- National Association of Jazz Educators-NAJE. January 10-13, 1985 -- National Academy of Jazz. George Rappaport, President. Undated -- Framed letter from Tom Bradley, Mayor of the City of Los Angeles. November 25, 1975
        Container: Box 105
        Location: XI: Artifacts / Subseries 2: Plaques and Awards
      • Description: Corporation For Public Broadcasting. KUSC-FM. "The Leonard Feather Show-Crosby Tribute." 1978 -- Parisian Room. Cardella DiMilo. 1976 -- Leukemia Radiothon. February 16-17, 1974 -- 1976 American Song Festival Judge
        Container: Box 106
        Location: XI: Artifacts / Subseries 2: Plaques and Awards
      • Description: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers-ASCAP. 1998 Pop Music Awards. "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand" -- The International Jazz Hall Of Fame. Awarded posthumously. November 20, 1997
        Container: Box 107
        Location: XI: Artifacts / Subseries 2: Plaques and Awards
      • Description: County of Los Angeles. Edmund D. Edelman, Chairman Board of Supervisors. Undated -- City of Los Angeles, California. Resolution to remember Ms. Billie Holiday. April 4, 1986 -- Letter to Esquire Magazine. February 14, 1947 -- City of Los Angeles. Performing Arts Honor Awards Committee. June 30, 1974 -- City of Los Angeles. Proclamation "Leonard Feather Day." January 20, 1991 -- City of Los Angeles. Resolution. January 18, 1991 -- City of Los Angeles. Certificate of Tribute. September 11, 1988 -- City of Los Angeles. Commendation. October, 1983 -- BMI. Citation of Achievement for the song "Standing Outside a Broken..." to Jane Feather and to Modern Age Music Company. 1997 (two certificates. Includes program "Pop Awards 1998") -- Men of Achievement 1973. Cambridge, England. April 1974 -- Greater Los Angeles Press Club. Undated -- San Fernando Valley Arts Council. July 12, 1991
        Container: Box 108
        Location: XI: Artifacts / Subseries 2: Plaques and Awards
      • Description: DownBeat. 1983 International Critics Poll Lifetime Achievement Award -- [Golden] disc award. The Pointer Sisters. 1973 Blue Thumb Records -- Harvard University. Artist in Residence during 1975-76. 1977 -- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers-ASCAP. Model Music Co. membership. January 29, 1959 -- My Excellence Award. James D. Donovan. Undated -- To Jane Feather. The Idaho Society. University of Idaho Foundation. 1998
        Container: Box 109
        Location: XI: Artifacts / Subseries 2: Plaques and Awards
      • Description: City of Los Angeles, California. Resolution. Leonard Feather. January 2, 1981
        Container: Box Unboxed (on top of box 108)
        Location: XI: Artifacts / Subseries 2: Plaques and Awards

    • Subseries 3: Miscellaneous

      3.0 cubic feet

  • XII: Published Materials

    • Description: Commercially released records (78s, 45s, LPs)
      Container: Box 112-116
      Location: XII: Published Materials
    • Description: CDs, in alphabetical order by artists
      Container: Box CD box 1-CD box 106
      Location: XII: Published Materials
    • Description: Books and magazines, organized by author and title, respectively
      Container: Box Unboxed
      Location: XII: Published Materials

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Jazz musicians--United States--Archives
  • Jazz--History--20th century--Sources
  • Music critics--United States--Archives

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Feather, Jane (donor)
    • Feather, Leonard, 1914-1994--Archives
    • Feather, Lorraine (donor)

Finding aid prepared by Laura Guedes and Michael Tarabulski; updated by Sara Szobody in 2024.
2011

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