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The University of Pittsburgh-Sonny Rollins International Jazz Archives house important artifacts from the world of Jazz, including original manuscripts, historic recordings, photographs, autographed concert posters, musical instruments and personal items donated by Jazz pioneers and their families. It is one of the premier collections of Jazz-related memorabilia in the World. Highlights of the collection include a letter from Kenny Clarke to Charlie Parker, an original painting by Miles Davis, and Sonny Rollins' saxophone. The Archives also publish a yearly journal, International Jazz Archives Journal, edited by Professor Nathan Davis. The journal presents research on Jazz scholarship and publishes manuscripts and transcriptions of the music of internationally acclaimed musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Donald Byrd and Grover Washington Jr. |
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University of Pittsburgh-Sonny Rollins International Jazz Archives Board of Advisors David Baker, Indiana University, U.S.A. Tom Carter, Thelonious Monk Institute, U.S.A. William Coleman, Borough of Manhattan Community College, U.S.A. Gene Lees, Jazz Critic and Historian, U.S.A. Dan Morgenstern, Rutgers University U.S.A. |
Professor J.H. Kwabena Nketia, University of Ghana, Ghana Gunther Schuller, Professional Composer, U.S.A. Rush G. Miller, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A. Charles E. Aston, Jr., University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A. Edward (Eddie) B. Baker, Founder and CEO, Charlie Parker Memorial Foundation and The International jazz Hall of Fame, U.S.A. The International Jazz Archives Journal is an official communiqué of the University of Pittsburgh-Sonny Rollins International Jazz Archives. International Jazz Archives Journal may be purchased for $15 per copy. To order, contact: University of Pittsburgh International
Academy of Jazz, |
Jazz Studies
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
USA
Telephone: 412 624-4187
Fax: 412 624-8805
E-mail: ndavis@pitt.edu