David D. Spitzer was a humanities professor at Miami-Dade Community College North who had a love for jazz. Between 1972 and 1989 Spitzer captured many fast-flash photos of famous jazz musicians during events. He had his photos featured in the Encyclopedia of Jazz, various journals, and major album covers during the 70s and 80s. Beginning in the mid-1980s he had his photos in several exhibitions. He has photographed some of the most celebrated jazz musicians of the day, included but not limited to: Oscar Peterson, Woody Herman, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie.
Various items pertaining to David D. Spitzer's photography capturing jazz musicians. Some items reference or depict Spitzer's relation to the Vizcaya Garden and museum in Miami, Florida.
Arranged by subject and item type.
The original collection appeared to potentially have some organization but changed were made to have more clear organization. The new organization has written information first and then following that are the photos and postcards. Out of these two categories there are subcategories of item types
Materials received from John Fairweather in 2005.
Collection is open for research
FOR PHOTOS: Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.
FOR DOCUMENTS: Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.