Leonard Feather papers - Archives West

Leonard Feather papers, 1900-1999

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Feather, Leonard, 1914-1994
Title: Leonard Feather papers
Dates: 1900-1999 (inclusive)
19001999
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

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

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.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

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.

Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top

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

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

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.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

I: Personal FilesReturn to Top

3.0 cubic feet

Container(s)		Description
		Subseries 1Subseries 1: Photographs and Memorabilia
Box
1		Family photo album. [c1914, 1929-1930]
1		Family photo album. [1920s]
1		Family photo album. Locations include Shoreham, Hampstead, Dinard, Biarritz, Margate, Russell Brothers shop in Dudley, Kodak buildings in Kingsway, S.S. Arabic at Liverpool docks, Le Zoute, view of the city from the Selfridges roof garden, and others. [c1926-1930]
1		The Progress Book depicting Leonard Feather's life from birth to age 21, covering the years 1914-1935. Includes photographs and a lock of hair
2		Photo album. White Star Cruises. S.S. Homeric. Summer Cruise to the Mediterranean, Spain, Portugal, North Africa and Balearic Islands, 1933. Includes passenger list, entertainment programme, menu
2		Photo album. White Star Line Cruise. On Board R.M.S. Homeric. August 4-18, 1934
3		Photo album. Locations include Paris during a performance of The Cotton Club of New York at the Bal du Moulin Rouge and visit to the Glasgow Empire Exhibition (May 1938). Entourage includes Joseph Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, Teddy Hill, Benny Carter, and others. [c1937-1941]
		Subseries 2Subseries 2: Daily Planners
Box
4		Weekly Planner. 1946
4		Daily Planners. 1939-1959 (20 items). Missing 1942
5		Daily Planners. 1960-1979 (21 items)
6		Daily and Weekly Planners. 1980-1994 (16 items) -- a six-ring binder with index of events. 1969-1990 -- four spiral notebooks. [1990s?] -- seven sheets of scores: Blue funk/Pin, Newport/You will know, four untitled, and Blues [c1954]
6		Itemized Year Book, Day by Day. 1935-1987
		Subseries 3Subseries 3: Memoirs
Box
7		Photos of Lorraine Feather (2) -- personalized envelopes (26) -- mail stamped envelopes (2) -- passports (6) -- US resident alien's card, 1945 -- stamps (4) -- visiting cards as representative of the Los Angeles Times (12) -- membership cards: Musicians' Union Local 47 (2), American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and 1993 Democratic National Committee -- lifetime member: Society for the Advancement of Modern American Music, Artists' Bar of the Hunt Club on the Monterey County Fairgrounds, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People-NAACP, and American Society of Music Arrangers -- Los Angeles Times employee ID card, 1966 -- RCA credit card -- a metal badge of the Soviet Union -- a bracelet
	Folder
8	1	Memoirs. Include photograph and pencil sketch. 1937-1991
8	2	Controversy. 1936-1992
8	3	Esquire: Dixieland vs. Bebop. 1947-1961
8	4	International. 1964, 1974
8	5	Clippings. 1937-1985
8	6	Permissions. 1985-1986
8	7	Race. 1974-1985
8	8	[Music Theory]. 1959, undated
8	9	[Manuscripts, Miscellaneous]. 1914-1991
8	10	[Travel Writings]. 1939-1941
8	11	Women. 1986
8	12	News clippings. 1943-1994
8	13	News clippings related to Leonard Feather. 1948-1961
8	14	News clippings, duplicates. 1960-1993
8	15	Playboy booklet, Playboy history. 1953
8	16	Playboy booklet, misc. 1957-1991
8	17	Personal. Includes letters from Jane and Lorraine Feather, Carel Lee Rovig, marriage certificate, a sketch by Schwalbach, etc. 1930-1992
22	1-3	News clippings (oversize). [1914], 1944-1994, undated
101		School certificate. Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board. July 1930
		Subseries 4Subseries 4: Condolence Letters
Box	Folder
8	18	Cards and letters to Jane and Leonard Feather. December [1993?]-August 1994
8	19	Leonard Feather [last illness]. August-September 22, 1994
8	20-21	Letters and messages [condolence and Jane Feather get-well]. September 22-December 1994
8	22-24	Cards [condolence and Jane Feather get-well]. September-December 1994
8	25	Memorial celebration and memorials. September-November 1994
8	26	Clippings, misc. May-November 1994
22	3	News clippings (oversize). 1994
		Subseries 5Subseries 5: Donations to the University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
Box
67		Photographs, inventories, and correspondence. 1995-1999

II: Working FilesReturn to Top

17.0 cubic feet

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Subseries 1Subseries 1: Writing Files
Box	Folder
9	1	A	1968-1984
9	2	Akiyoshi-Tabackin	1974-1986
9	3	Allen, Steve	1959-1986
9	4	American News	1993-1994
9	5	American Song Fest	1973-1974
9	6-8	Armstrong, Louis	1933-1987, undated
9	9	Articles, (by L. F.)	1962-1993
9	10	Associated Booking Corp.	1967 and undated
9	11	Atlantic Records	1961-1976
9	12	Australia	1979-1980
9	13	Auto-Stereo Equip.	1968 and undated
9	14	Balliett, Whitney	1958
9	15	Basie	1956-1989
9	16-17	Basie Cruises	1967-1973
9	18	Bebop Book (Inside Bebop)	1948-1977
9	19-20	Berklee	1971-1990
9	21	BE through BL	1970-1983
9	22	Birdland	1977
9	23	Black Music	1964-1993
9	24	Blindfold Test	1951-1998
9	25	Blue Note Records and Horace Silver Project	1952-1987
9	26	Book of Jazz	1975-1976
9	27	BO through BR	1954-1983
9	28	Bossa Nova	1962-1963
9	29	Brazil '78	1949-1985
9	30	BU	1941-1984
9	31	C	1944-1969
9	32	Calendar	1958-1959
9	33	Cal State Northridge Class	1977
9	34	Camden Records	1957
10	1	Carte Blanche	1963-1969
10	2	Carter, Benny	1976-1993
10	3	CE through CR	1938-1988
10	4	Colorado Conference	1987-1993
10	5	Columbia	1959-1992
10	6	Concerts	1958-1992
10	7	Contemporary Keyboard	1978-1979[?]
10	8	Correspondence, Misc.	1946-1994
10	9	Crosby, Bing	1975-1976
10	10	Cruise '77/'78	1974-1978
10	11	Cruise Oct. '81, Island Princess	1981-1982
10	12	1984 Cruises Pacific Princess and Norway	1984-1985
10	13	Cruises Norway	1983-1994
10	14-15	Cruises	1985-1987
10	16	Cruises Exprinter	1973-1991
10	17	Cunard	1987-1990
10	18	D	1940s-1991
10	19	Davis, Miles	1959-1991
10	20	DE through DR	1956-1979
10	21	DR through DU	1940s, 1948, undated
10	22	DownBeat	1943-1984
10	23	E through EF	1947-1982
10	24	EF through EU	1950-1982
10	25	Ellington, Clippings	c1940s-1992
10	26	Ellington, Conferences, Newsletters, and Societies	1958-1993
10	27	Ellington, Letters	1963-1984
11	1	Ellington, Miscellaneous	1963-1986
11	2	Ellington, School	1980-1987
11	3	Ellington, Smithsonian Interview	June 10, 1990
11	4	Ellington, Writings of Leonard Feather	1964-1994
11	5-6	Encyclopedia of Jazz	1955-1984
11	7	Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies	1968-1976
11	8-9	Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies, Miscellaneous	1963-1985
11	10	Encyclopedia of Jazz Photos	c1975-1980
11	11	Encyclopedia of Jazz '80s	1977-1983, undated
11	12	Encyclopedia of Jazz Tour	1957-1960
11	13	Entertainment Weekly	1993-1994
11	14	Esquire Records	1936-1976, undated
11	15	Europe	c1967-1968
11	16	European Tour	1972
11	17	Falk, Baldhard [Dr. Baldhard G. Falk]	1969-1974
11	18	F through FI	1957-1977
11	19-23	Feather, Leonard, Clippings	1969-1971, 1973-1974, undated
11	24	Feather, Leonard, Scrapbook	1980-1981
12	1	Festivals	1976-1994
12	2	FI through FU	1965-1984, undated
12	3-4	Film Lists, [1953-1962, dates of film]	c1969-1984, undated
12	5-7	Fitzgerald, Ella	1983-1998
12	8	G	1952-1972
12	9	GE through GL	1948-1991
12	10-11	German Correspondence	1972-1976
12	12	Gillespie, Dizzy	1946-1993
12	13	Gleason, Ralph	1958-1973, undated
12	14	GO through GU	1962-1986
12	15	Granz, JATP, Verve	1956-1970
12	16	H	1948-1985
12	17	Havana Trip	1977
12	18	HEA through HEN	1946-1985
12	19	Herman, Woody	1946-1994
12	20	Holiday, Billie	1954-1986
12	21	HI through HU	1967-1985
12	22-24	Horizon	1956-1986
12	25	International	1960-1987
13	1	International Association of Jazz Educators (I.A.J.E.)	1963-1993
13	2	Israel	1982
13	3	J	1945-1989
13	4	Japan	1964-1979
13	5	Jazz Express	1992-1994
13	6	"The Jazz Show"	1967-1998
13	7	"Jazz Suite"	1967-1968
13	8	Jazz Times	1994, undated
13	9	Jazziz Magazine	1990-1993
13	10	K	1938-1985
13	11	Kansas City	1979, 1985
13	12	KBCA	1969-1977
13	13	Kenton, Stan	1950-1994
13	14	KFI	1973-1975
13	15	KKGO	1982-1987
13	16	KNOB	1962-1964
13	17	KUSC	1977-1983
13	18	L	1949-1985, undated
13	19	L.A.J.S. N.A.J. [Los Angeles Jazz Society, National Academy of Jazz]	1985-1995
13	20-21	L.A. Times	1965-1994
13	22-23	L.A. Times Features Record/Book Reviews and News Items	1976-1994, undated
13	24	Lectures (Past) Correspondence	1965-1993
13	25-27	Life with Feather Correspondence	1961-1986
13	28	Liner Notes
13	29	Lorimar	1987-1989
14	1	Loyola-Marymount U.	1971-1975
14	2	LP Ideas	195[?]- 1963, undated
14	3	M	1940-1992, undated
14	4	Mainstream Records	1987-1991, undated
14	5	Mc	1948-1991, undated
14	6	MCA	1973-1987, undated
14	7	MCA: Art Tatum/James P. Johnson	1979
14	8	MCA: Carmen McRae	1976, undated
14	9	MCA: Count Basie	1976-1977
14	10	MCA: Guitar Album Budgets and Contracts	1975-1977, undated
14	11	MCA: Impulse	1976-1981
14	12-16	MCA: Impulse Liner Notes	1976-1981
14	17	MCA: Jazztime USA	1976-1977
14	18	MCA Lists (includes Feather On Jazz)	1963-1979
14	19	MCA: Music Copyright File	1940-1955, undated
14	20	MCA: Sammy Davis, Jr.	1962[?]-1976, undated
14	21-22	ME through MU	1952-1994, undated
14	23	Melody Maker	1955-1982
14	24	Metronome	1943-1951, undated
14	25	MGM, Verve	1949-1972, 1999
14	26	Miller, [Glenn]	1944-1971
14	27	Miller, [Glenn], "Moonlight Serenade"	undated
14	28-30	Mills [Music, Inc.]	1962-1971, undated
14	31	Miscellaneous Correspondence	1936-1994, undated
15	1	Montreal [Festival International de Jazz de Montreal]	1986-1993, undated
15	2	Moscow, Idaho	1987-1993
15	3	Musica Jazz	1983-1994
15	4	NAACP	1950-1986
15	5	NEA/Jazz Fellowship	1983-1993
15	6	New Orleans	1964-1977
15	7	Newport	1961-1972, undated
15	8	NTSU [North Texas State University]	1950s-1982
15	9	O through OH	1960-1964, undated
15	10	Olympics [Olympic Jazz Festival, Olympic Gala]	1983-1984
15	11	P	1948-1982, undated
15	12	Parker, Charlie	1947-1991
15	13	"A Passion for Jazz"	1977-1979, undated
15	14	Penthouse	1970-1974, undated
15	15	Pianocorder	1983, 1986
15	16	Platterbrains	1942-1961
15	17	Playboy Fest	1956-1994, undated
15	18	[Political Issues, Race Relations]	1961-1975, undated
15	19	Productions in Tempo	1984-1985, undated
15	20	Proeschel, [Diana C.]	1983-1985
15	21	R	1948-1973, undated
15	22	RCA	1987-1989, undated
15	23	RCA LP Projects	1946-1978
15	24	Recording Projects, Miscellaneous	1979-1987, undated
15	25	Rolling Stone	1975-1977
15	26	S	1941-1994, undated
15	27	Shearing, George	1948-1987
15	28	Skylark TV	1982-1984
15	29	[Stein and Day Publishers, "From Satchmo to Miles"]	1969-1973
15	30	Summer Jazz Clinics	1964-1969
15	31	Swing Journal	1976-1992
15	32	T	1947-1994, undated
16	1	Thiele, Bob	1969-1975, undated
16	2	TV and Radio	1957-1989
16	3	U	1947-1984
16	4-5	UCLA, Lectures/UCLA	1966-1991, undated
16	6	U.C. Riv. Misc. [Univ. of California, Riverside]	1970-1986, undated
16	7	United Artists Rec.	1962-1969, undated
16	8	V	1942-1973, undated
16	9	Vee Jay Memos and Correspondence	1964-1966
16	10	Video	1980s-1990
16	11	Voice of America	1966-1968
16	12	W	1931-1982
16	13	Warner New Media	1989-1990
16	14	George Wein Festivals	1966-1968
16	15-16	Women's Jazz Festival	1977-1987
16	17	World Jazz Assn.	1975-1976, undated
16	18	Young, Lester
16	19	Decade-end jazz questionnaire	1979?
16	20	L.F. Penthouse jazz questionnaire	1972-1973
16	21	Friends of Duke Ellington letters. Ellington Gala Honoring Leonard Feather	1980
22	4-9	Writing Files, A-G (oversize)	1943-1993
23	1-6	Writing Files, H-Z (oversize)	1945-1992
		Subseries 2Subseries 2: Encyclopedia of Jazz
Box	Folder
16	22-26	Questionnaires, A-C	1975, undated
17	1-16	Questionnaires, F-Z	1974-1975
17	17	[Manuscripts, working papers]	1960s [to 1966], undated
17	18-20	Lists: Master, weekly [Bios]	1992-1995
17	21	Miscellaneous Info.	1959-1960, 1965-1969, undated
17	22	Printed Bios	1992
17	23-24	[Biographical Material, Questionnaires A-Z]	c1991-1994
18	1	Bios: Hard copy only	c1991-1994, undated
18	2	Bios. Canada	1991-1993, undated
18	3	Bios: 24, 150 words each	undated (1960s)
18	4-18	Bios A-Z	Early 1960s
19	1	Bios [Misc.] A-Z	Early 1960s
19	2	UK Bios/Frankie Nemko	c1991-1992, undated
23	7	Encyclopedia of Jazz (oversize)	1960-1991, undated
		Subseries 3Subseries 3: Books, Press
Box	Folder
19	3	Articles	1991-1994
19	4	[Leonard Feather, vitae and promotion]	c1940s-1994
19	5	Books by Leonard Feather	c1949-1980s
19	6	Books sold, ordered	1977-1993
19	7	Da Capo Press	1983-1998
19	8	Oxford University Press	1959-1999, undated
23	7	Books, Press (oversize)	[199_?]
		Subseries 4Subseries 4: Royalties
Box	Folder
19	9	ABC-Dunhill	1965-1979
19	10-11	ASCAP/Feather to 89	1945-1990
19	12-13	ASCAP Model thru 89	1958-1989
19	14	Atlantic	1948-1991
19	15	Bethlehem [Music Corp.]	1959-1962
19	16	BMG thru 1989	1979-1989
19	17	BMI/Jane Feather, USA	1953-1992
19	18	BMI/Modern, USA	1946-1990
19	19	BMI/Jane Feather, Foreign	1958-1992
19	20	BMI/Modern, Foreign	1958-1991
20	1	Canada thru 1989	1971-1989
20	2	Capitol Royalties	1954-1991
20	3	CBS/Sony	thru 1989, 1958-1989
20	4	Continental [Records]	1946-1962, undated
20	5	Decca Royalties	1949-1970
20	6	Japanese Royalties, Misc.	1957-1976
20	7	Kendor Music, Inc.	1976-1988, undated [late 1970s?]
20	8	Liberty [Records, Inc.]	1968-1971
20	9	London Gramphone Royalties	1948-1973
20	10	MCA Artist Royalties	1944-1992
20	11	MCA Royalties	1970-1989
20	12	MCPS [Mech-Copyright Prot. Soc.] Inquiry Forms	1947-1978
20	13	MCPS [Royalty] Statements to Leonard Feather	1966-1992
20	14	MCPS [Royalty] Statements to M.A [Music Co.] [and Model Music Co.]	1971-1992
20	15	Mercury Royalty Statements to M.A. [Modern Age]	1948-1964
20	16	MGM Royalties to L.F.	1949-1974
20	17	MGM Royalty Statement to M.A. and Model	1947-1980
20	18	RCA and Camden to L.F.	1954-1979
21	1	Royalty Statements Sent Out by M. Age to Other Composers	1954-1991
21	2	Savoy Royalties	1948-1982, undated
21	3	Tape Royalties, Misc. [Ampex, Modern Age, Model Music]	1965-1979
21	4	Verve-JATP Records	1954-1967
21	5	ASCAP Publisher Registration Cards [Comp. Index, A-Z]	c1940s-1980s, undated
24		Royalties (oversize)	1952-1964
25		Royalties (oversize)	1977-1991
		Subseries 5Subseries 5: Audio Cassette Collection, List
Box	Folder
21	6	[Leonard Feather] Audio cassettes, A-Z	1960-1992, undated
		Subseries 6Subseries 6: Record Collection, List
Box	Folder
21	7-12	Leonard Feather Personal Recordings, A-Z	[1950s?]
		Subseries 7Subseries 7: Video Tape Collection, List
Box	Folder
21	13	[Leonard Feather] Video tapes	1990-1993?
		Subseries 8Subseries 8: Songs and Interpreters, Index
Box
Unboxed (End of the collection)		Five steel index card cabinet (six drawers) containing reference of songs and recording artists, in alphabetical order by songs

III: Scrapbooks and EphemeraReturn to Top

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.

Container(s)	Description
Box
26	September 1931-October 1935 and September 1937-June 1938
27	July 1935-January 1937 and February 1939-February 1942
28	October 1937-May 1939
29	1942 and January 1943-March 1946
30	March 1946-November 1947 and October 1947-July 1949
31	July 1949-May 1951 and July 1956-April 1958
32	June 1951-July 1956
33	October 1959-June 1961 and June 1961-August 1962
34	March 1958-September 1959 and September 1962-December 1963
35	November 1963-February 1965 and February 1965-March 1966
36	April 1966-July 1967
37	June 1967-August 1969
38	November 1970-November 1971
39	August 1969-November 1970
40	December 1971-December 1972
41	January 1973-April 1974
42	April 1974-May 1976
43	May 1976-June 1978
44	June 1978-August 1979
45	August 1979-December 1980
46	December 1980-April 1982
47	April 1982-August 1983
48	August 1983-March 1984
49	April 1984-December 1984
50	December 1984-August 1985 and August 1985-May 1986
51	April 1986-May 1987
52	June-November 1987 and November 1987-November 1988
53	November 1988-January 1990
54	January 1990-December 1991
55	January 1992-September 1994
56	1940-1945 and December 1946-January 1952
57	Jazz ephemera and letters to Leonard Feather

IV: Jazz PhotographsReturn to Top

2.6 cubic feet

Container(s)	Description
Box
58-62	Photos digitized
63	Framed photos not digitized: Ella Fitzgerald (signed) -- Feather with unidentified man. "Happy 55th Year in Music" -- Feather, Dizzy Gillespie, and others
64	Framed photos not digitized: The Pointer Sisters (signed) -- Feather with unidentified couple
65	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)

V: Printed ScoresReturn to Top

0.4 cubic foot

Container(s)	Description
Box
66	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

VI: Audiocassette TapesReturn to Top

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

Container(s)	Description
Box
68	Cassettes 1-36 (See User Digital Copy)
69	Cassettes 37-71 (See User Digital Copy)
70	Cassettes 72-107 (See User Digital Copy)
71	Cassettes 108-143 (See User Digital Copy)
72	Cassettes 144-179 (See User Digital Copy)
73	Cassettes 180-186 (See User Digital Copy)
74-78	Cassettes not digitized

VII: Open Reel TapesReturn to Top

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

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

VIII: RecordsReturn to Top

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

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

IX: FilmsReturn to Top

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

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

X: VideotapesReturn to Top

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.

Container(s)	Description
Box
94	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
95	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
96	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
97	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
98	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
99	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

XI: ArtifactsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description
	Subseries 1Subseries 1: Clothing 1.0 cubic foot
Box
100 (offsite-vault)	Trench coat by London Towne with detachable brown fur lining -- Tuxedo jacket and pants "C & R Clothiers"
101 (offsite-vault)	A handkerchief -- a pair of black leather gloves -- two "North King" hats by J.J. Seifter and Sons, NYC
	Subseries 2Subseries 2: Plaques and Awards 4.8 cubic feet
Box
102	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)
103	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
104	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
105	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
106	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
107	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
108	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
109	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
Unboxed (on top of box 108)	City of Los Angeles, California. Resolution. Leonard Feather. January 2, 1981
	Subseries 3Subseries 3: Miscellaneous 3.0 cubic feet
Box
110	Painting by Mel Powell -- Postal stamps Duke Ellington (Unesco, 1969 and US, 1986) -- Leaflet about the new edition of the Encyclopedia of Jazz -- Photo of a billboard presenting "Sinatra a man alone"
111	Typewriter
Unboxed (offsite-vault)	Travel kit -- Garment bag -- Bag (Hazel)

XII: Published MaterialsReturn to Top

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

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)

Archives West Finding Aid

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Leonard Feather papers, 1900-1999

Overview of the Collection

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top

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Alternative Forms Available

Restrictions on Use

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Administrative InformationReturn to Top

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Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

I: Personal FilesReturn to Top

II: Working FilesReturn to Top

III: Scrapbooks and EphemeraReturn to Top

IV: Jazz PhotographsReturn to Top

V: Printed ScoresReturn to Top

VI: Audiocassette TapesReturn to Top

VII: Open Reel TapesReturn to Top

VIII: RecordsReturn to Top

IX: FilmsReturn to Top

X: VideotapesReturn to Top

XI: ArtifactsReturn to Top

XII: Published MaterialsReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Other Creators

Personal Names

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

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Leonard Feather papers, 1900-1999

Overview of the Collection

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

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I: Personal FilesReturn to Top

II: Working FilesReturn to Top

III: Scrapbooks and EphemeraReturn to Top

IV: Jazz PhotographsReturn to Top

V: Printed ScoresReturn to Top

VI: Audiocassette TapesReturn to Top

VII: Open Reel TapesReturn to Top

VIII: RecordsReturn to Top

IX: FilmsReturn to Top

X: VideotapesReturn to Top

XI: ArtifactsReturn to Top

XII: Published MaterialsReturn to Top

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Finding aid prepared by Laura Guedes and Michael Tarabulski; updated by Sara Szobody in 2024.2011

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