Erroll Garner (1921-1977) was an African American pianist/composer from Pittsburgh, Pa., known largely for his 1954 composition "Misty," and his 1955 live album Concert by the Sea. This collection documents his life and work; it contains correspondence, sheet music, legal documents, photographs/negatives, memorabilia, awards, sound recordings, and moving images.
General Physical Description note
(plus audio/video items and memorabilia)
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English
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Finding aid prepared by ASC staff.
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ULS Archives & Special Collections
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University of Pittsburgh Library System Archives & Special Collections Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Business Number: 412-648-3232 (Thomas) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman) Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Biography
In a 1959 New York Times profile of Erroll Garner by John S. Wilson, he notes that Garner never made any kind of plan until the last minute, never used a recipe to cook and taught himself to play golf.
Therefore, it is not surprising that while Garner couldn't read or write music, he composed "Misty", one of the greatest jazz ballads of all time. Or that he played thousands of songs entirely by ear, and never the same way twice, the epitome of great jazz improvisation and interpretation. "Erroll never said what he was going to play or what key, just started playing the intro," said bassist Ernest McCarty, who played with Garner in the early 1970's. "He was unpredictable and I liked that."
On June 15, 1921 Garner was born in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pa. Garner followed his older brother Linton, playing piano by three and quickly becoming accomplished at picking up tunes. At six he began taking lessons. Just a year later, Garner began to play regularly on Pittsburgh's KDKA radio station with a group called The Candy Kids, and by the age of eleven he was playing on Allegheny riverboats.
Listening to early ragtime style 78 records, Garner developed his innovative style illustrated by steady left hand guitar style chord rhythms supporting loose, right-hand melodic interpretations and harmonic invention, a bit of Scott Joplin meeting Liberace, with a heaping dose of delight. "Humor is intrinsic to Garner's nature and is a companion to his feeling for life, to the joy and sensuality of his playing," said the late comedian and pianist Dudley Moore in a 1988 tribute.
In 1939 Garner traveled to New York City as an accompanist for night club singer Ann Lewis, and subbed in for Art Tatum in Tatum's trio with guitarist "Tiny" Grimes and bassist "Slam" Stewart. He played at the Melody Bar, Rendezvous, Three Deuces and at Jimmy's Chicken Shack. In 1947, while playing in Los Angeles in his own trio of Red Callendar and Doc Wes, Garner met and recorded the hit Cool Blues with legendary saxophonist Charlie Parker. Garner continued his success as a prolific composer and recording artist, releasing his romantic version of "Laura" in 1946, which sold a half million copies, followed by the recordings Cocktail Time in 1947 and The Elf in 1949.
An appearance on the Tonight Show, then hosted by fellow jazz pianist and composer Steve Allen, led to many more television requests. From the 1950's-1970's Garner appeared, often multiple times, on the Jackie Gleason show, Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall, the Ed Sullivan show, the Garry Moore show, London Palladium show, the Andy Williams show, the Joey Bishop show, the Flip Wilson show, the Pearl Bailey show, the Mike Douglas show, the David Frost show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
By the early 1950's Garner was one of the country's most popular entertainers. Fortuitously, at this time he met Martha Glaser, who had originally planned to pursue a career in public affairs and journalism. However, following the 1943 Detroit riots, she became increasingly active in supporting human rights, taking a central role in the formation the Entertainment Committee to combat race hatred. The first Jewish American woman to be hired by the city of Chicago for the Human Rights commission, she organized jazz concerts, first working with Norman Granz, another tireless supporter or civil rights; and subsequently for agent and entrepreneur Joe Glaser, who managed Louis Armstrong. In 1948 Glaser created her own music publicity and management company.
In an era where musicians were often taken advantage of by their managers and where women were not accepted beyond traditional professions of secretary, teaching or nursing, Garner and Glaser formed a powerful and loyal duo. In 1950 they founded their own publishing company, Octave Music, thereby ensuring greater royalties and control over Garner's career. In the 1960's Octave sued Columbia (and won) for unauthorized release of recorded material, a landmark case that had a lasting impact on the music industry. Their partnership lasted until Garner's death in 1977. Glaser continued to manage Garner's catalogue and licensing until her passing in 2014, most notably taking documentarian Ken Burns to task for his omission of Garner from his "Jazz" series.
In 1950 Garner played a historic solo recital at the revered Cleveland Music Hall, a venue for traditionally classical concerts, and later that year gave a concert at New York City's Town Hall. In 1958 Garner became the first and only jazz artist to perform under classical impresario Sol Hurok (Hurok did book Benny Goodman in Carnegie Hall before World War II), and recitals and recording sessions gradually replaced his club performances. Body and Soul was released in 1952, and Too Marvelous for Words in 1954. Frequently seen playing on TV in the 1950's-1960's,
Garner's unique style drew both fans and imitators. Fellow Pittsburgh native Art Blakey originally took up the piano until Garner outclassed him one night and the owner of the club suggested Blakey try the drums, which he did.
While he wrote more than 200 songs original compositions and recorded numerous albums, Garner is best known for one composition, "Misty", and one album, Concert By The Sea, both of which today are considered music classics.
Misty - In 1954 Garner recorded "Misty" as a 32-bar instrumental on the album "Contrasts," which reached #30 on the pop charts. However, Glaser and Garner hounded several Tin Pan Alley lyricists to write lyrics and Johnny Burke responded. In 1959 Johnny Mathis recorded it on his album "Heavenly," reaching #12 on the US Pop Singles chart, selling 2.5 million US sales and becoming one of his signature songs.
The lush ballad pervaded popular culture. Throughout most of the 1960's, fans started their day to "Misty" used as the Today Show theme. In 1971, it was the centerpiece of jazz aficionado Clint Eastwood's film "Play Misty For Me," paying $25,000 to license the song. In his first film as a director, Eastwood starred as a late-night disk jockey who has a fling with one of his listeners. Spurned, she stalks him by calling in requests every night, saying "Play 'Misty' for me." It has been featured in numerous television shows (Cheers, Saturday Night Live, Magnum PI, The Muppet Show) and films, (Oscar nominated film Silver Linings Playbook).
"Misty" has been covered many times, most notably by Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Andy Williams, Julie London and Frank Sinatra. In 1962 Stan Kenton recorded it on his LP Adventures In Jazz. Ray Stevens recorded a country version, which rose to #3 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles and in 1975 won a Grammy for his country arrangement of the song. In 1991 Garner's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame; and in 2002 Mathis' vocal version was also inducted.
In 2000, ASCAP ranked "Misty" as the twelfth most popular song of the 20th century. Since 1954 no other song published has been recorded by more jazz artists except for Duke Ellington's "Satin Doll."
Concert By The Sea - On September 19, 1955 Garner's trio was hired to play in a converted church at the Fort Ord military base in Carmel, California, by disk jockey Jimmy Lyons, with no plans to make a recording. Glaser saw backstage that, per Will Friedman's 2009 Wall Street Journal article, jazz fan Will Thornbury brought a tape recorder to capture the event for himself and fellow servicemen. She told him "I'll give you copies of every record Erroll ever made, but I can't let you keep that tape."
Glaser took the tape and brought it back to New York, where she played it for George Avakian, the head of Columbia Records jazz division. One of Columbia Records best-selling albums of the decade, it featured "I'll Remember April," "Teach Me Tonight," "Autumn Leaves," and "Mambo Carmel-by-the-sea."
Although the acoustics were less than perfect (it's hard to hear bassist Eddie Calhoun and drummer Denzil Best) and the piano slightly out of tune, it captured the essence of Garner's improvisation, becoming the #1 record in Garner's career and one of the most popular jazz albums of all time. Friedman writes "It's not hard to hear why: from the first notes onward, Garner plays like a man inspired – on fire, even. He always played with a combination of wit, imagination, amazing technical skill and sheer joy far beyond nearly all of his fellow pianists, but on this particular night he reached a level exceeding his usual Olympian standard."
In September 2015 Octave Music and SONY Legacy released a new and updated version of Concert by The Sea. This 3-CD box set contains the complete live concert recording including 11 previously unreleased tracks, the original edited Columbia release from 1956 (digitally restored and remastered at The Magic Shop, NYC using the Plangent Process) and bonus material including announcer Jimmy Lyons and interviews with the Erroll Garner trio: Denzil DaCosta Best, Eddie Calhoun, and Garner himself, recorded directly after the concert.
In the 1950's and 1960's Garner continued to record (Feeling Is Believing, Other Voices, Paris Impressions) and added film composing to his repertoire. In 1963 Garner scored A New Kind Of Love starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. He released Erroll Garner Plays Gershwin and Kern, Dancing on the Ceiling and Easy to Love. In 1968, he appeared on Danish TV with bassist Ike Isaacs, drummer Jimmie Smith and bongo player Jose Mangual for taped appearance that was made into the documentary Erroll Garner in Copenhagen.
In the 1970's Garner continued to tour internationally and record albums. Tragically, while still at the prime of his career, Garner was diagnosed with lung cancer. On January 2, 1977, he passed away at just 55, buried at the Homewood Cemetery in Pittsburgh, leaving behind a rich legacy of great music that is still enjoyed today. For example, from October 1, 1976-September 30, 1985, Misty was one of ASCAP's 16 most performed standards, listed with "White Christmas", "Over the Rainbow", "As Time Goes By" And "The Way We Were."
In 1995 Garner was chosen as a subject for the US Post Office stamp series, along with fellow jazz greats Louis Armstrong, Eubie Blake, John Coltrane, Coleman Hawkins, James P. Johnson, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus and Jelly Roll Morton, again demonstrating Garner's place in jazz history.
The late trumpeter Clark Terry summed it up simply, "The man was complete. He could do it all."
(Sources: NY Times, errollgarner.com, Pittsburgh Gazette, allmusic.com, Wall Street Journal)
Scope and Content Notes
Collection includes correspondence, sheet music, legal documents, photographs, memorabilia, awards, sound recordings, and moving images documenting the life and work of pianist/composer Erroll Garner (1921-1977).
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Processing Information
This collection was inventoried, organized, catalogued, rehoused, and digitized under the direction of music archivist Jocelyn Arem with assistance from Emma Munger, Pete Kennedy, Michael Mercurio, Kathryn Littlefield, Mary Kidd, Jessica Thompson, Kabir Hermon, John Demetros, Kevin Russo, Doug Bleek, Rebecca Marrone, Sophie Brill, Cat Guzman, Dawn Reel, Susan Rosenberg, and Briggan Krauss. Once it was transferred to the ASC, staff conducted final processing steps to create a finding aid. The analog sound recordings were transferred to digital files by Magic Shop Audio Preservation studio in NYC. A database accompanies the collection which primarily describes the sound recordings and individual "songs" on the various media (reels, cassettes, disks, etc.).
Previous Citation
Erroll Garner Archive, 1942-2010, AIS.2015.09, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Preferred Citation
Erroll Garner Archive, 1942-2010, AIS.2015.09, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Existence and Location of Copies
Analog sound recordings have been reformatted to digital and are not available for public access. All digitized tracks are currently available for listening in the Archives & Special Collections reading room at Thomas Boulevard.
Copyright
The University of Pittsburgh holds the property rights to the material in this collection, but the copyright may still be held by the original creator/author. Researchers are therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the creator/author or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into the following eight series:
Series I. Correspondence
Series II. Publicity
Series III. Sheet Music
Series IV. Legal Documentation
Series V. Photographs
Series VI. Audio-Video Material
Series VII. Memorabilia
Series VIII. Martha Glaser Papers
Custodial History
The collection was inherited by Susan Rosenberg, niece of Martha Glaser, in December 2014. From the early 1950's-1970's, Erroll Garner's long-time manager, Ms. Glaser, collected this material from record labels, recording studios, live performance venue engineers, and studios, which, per the client, she kept labeled and in metal filing cabinets in a New York City office between 1977 and 2008, after which the material was moved to climate controlled storage facility in New York City.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Estate of Martha Glaser on June 15, 2015.
Subjects
Corporate Names
Columbia Records, Inc..
Octave Music Publishing Corp..
Warner Bros. Records.
Personal Names
Garner, Erroll, 1921-1977
Glaser, Martha, 1921-2014
Grimes, Tiny, -1989
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Anthologies
Contracts
Correspondence
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Other Subjects
Orchestral music
Jazz -- Discography
Jazz
Instrumental music
African American composers
African American jazz musicians -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
African American jazz musicians -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History
African Americans in the performing arts
Composition (Music)
Concert agents
Concert tours
Copyright -- Music -- United States
Entertainers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Piano music (Jazz)
Performing arts
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Scope and Content Notes
The Publicity series contains national and international newspaper clippings and magazine articles, full magazines, featuring Garner articles, concert programs, handbills, posters, fliers, correspondence regarding appearances, press releases, fan mail, record company catalogues, press contacts, press books, touring and booking correspondence, plus materials regarding other Glaser clients, such as Tiny Grimes and Bill Farrell.
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Scope and Content Notes
The Sheet Music series contains written orchestrations, also called lead sheets or band arrangements, which were used by the studio musicians and/or by road musicians. As Garner did not read or write music, he never used these, but his groups did. Orchestrations are different from the handwritten lyrics or music composed by the original composer. Lead sheet arrangements are written by staff arrangers based on music provided by the producer and/or composer, and are then scored for the performing group.
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Note that Sy Johnson did the charts. Approximately ¾ appear to be original, and the rest are photocopies. Some have annotations.
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Scope and Content Notes
The Legal Documentation series contains licenses (audio, print, and visual), concert contacts (foreign and domestic), copyright registration forms, financial records, record label contracts, lawsuit depositions, and Erroll Garner Memorial Foundation documents.
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This subseries contains 600 foreign business correspondence and business records.
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box 34, folder 17
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box 34, folder 18
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box 34, folder 19
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box 34, folder 20
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box 34, folder 32
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box 34, folder 33
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box 34, folder 34
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box 34, folder 35
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box 34, folder 36
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box 34, folder 37
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box 34, folder 38
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box 34, folder 39
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box 35, folder 1-4
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box 35, folder 5
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box 35, folder 6
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box 35, folder 7
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box 35, folder 8
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box 35, folder 9
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box 35, folder 10
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box 35, folder 11-12
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box 35, folder 13
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box 35, folder 14
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box 35, folder 15
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box 35, folder 16
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box 35, folder 17
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box 35, folder 18
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box 35, folder 19
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box 35, folder 20
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box 36, folder 1
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box 36, folder 2-3
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box 36, folder 4-5
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box 36, folder 6-8
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box 36, folder 9-13
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box 36, folder 14
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box 36, folder 15
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box 37, folder 1
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box 37, folder 2
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box 37, folder 3
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box 37, folder 4
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box 37, folder 5
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box 37, folder 6
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box 37, folder 7
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box 37, folder 8
Scope and Content Notes
Subseries includes original management agreement between Erroll Garner and Martha Glaser.
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box 37, folder 9
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box 37, folder 10
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box 37, folder 11
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box 37, folder 12
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box 37, folder 13
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box 37, folder 14
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box 37, folder 15
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box 37, folder 16
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box 37, folder 20
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box 37, folder 21
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box 37, folder 25
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box 37, folder 26
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box 37, folder 27
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box 37, folder 28
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box 37, folder 29
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box 37, folder 30-31
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box 37, folder 32-34
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box 38, folder 1
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box 38, folder 2
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box 38, folder 3
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box 38, folder 4
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box 38, folder 5-7
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box 38, folder 8
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box 38, folder 9-10
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box 38, folder 11
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box 38, folder 12
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box 38, folder 13
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box 38, folder 14
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box 38, folder 15-16
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box 38, folder 17
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box 38, folder 18
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box 38, folder 19
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box 38, folder 20
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box 38, folder 21
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box 38, folder 22
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box 38, folder 23
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box 38, folder 24
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box 39, folder 1-2
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box 39, folder 3
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box 39, folder 4
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box 39, folder 5
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box 39, folder 6
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box 39, folder 7
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box 39, folder 8-9
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box 39, folder 10
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box 39, folder 11
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box 39, folder 12
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box 39, folder 13-15
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box 39, folder 16
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box 39, folder 17
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box 39, folder 18
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box 39, folder 19
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box 39, folder 20
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box 39, folder 21
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box 39, folder 22
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box 39, folder 23
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box 39, folder 24
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box 39, folder 25
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box 39, folder 26
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box 39, folder 27
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box 39, folder 28
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box 39, folder 29-32
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box 40, folder 1-10
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box 40, folder 11-14
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box 40, folder 15-16
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box 40, folder 17
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box 40, folder 18
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box 40, folder 19
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box 40, folder 20
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box 40, folder 21
Scope and Content Notes
The Photographs series contains prints, negatives and transparencies featuring Erroll Garner's performances, recording studio activities, travels as well as with other notable recording artists and celebrities of the day. Many of the photographs were used for promotional purposes such as album covers and advertising. Photographs in this series are from varied sources including record companies, wire service photographers, and freelance photographers such as African-American photographer Charles Stewart and director Aram Avakian. Original folder titles are represented.
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box 41, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Correspondence relating to use, release, and purchase of Erroll Garner images.
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box 41, folder 2
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box 41, folder 3
Extent
11 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Montages of Erroll performing and Erroll headshots.
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box 41, folder 4
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6 items
Scope and Content Notes
Prints of Erroll at piano and letter from Martha Glaser re: return of prints.
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box 41, folder 5
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29 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Portraits of Erroll Garner, a house in California, copy photograph of Erroll Garner painted portrait.
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box 41, folder 6
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25 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Portraits of Erroll Garner, Erroll Garner with Sylvia Syms, Christmas photos, photos at a California house.
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box 41, folder 7
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25 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Photos from a Merle Shore photo shoot, Erroll performing, cut-out headshot.
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box 41, folder 8
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83 items
Scope and Content Notes
Business cards; correspondence; photos from Erroll Garner's Carnegie Hall show; assorted portraits of Erroll Garner, Martha Glaser, and others; news clippings; assorted other photographs.
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box 41, folder 9
Extent
49 items
Scope and Content Notes
Photos of Erroll Garner in the recording studio, news clippings, photos of others, road trip photos, Erroll Garner poster, photos of house and music store.
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box 41, folder 10
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3 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Portraits of Erroll Garner at the piano.
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box 41, folder 11
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4 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Portraits of Erroll Garner leaning against a wall.
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box 41, folder 12
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3 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Portrait of Erroll Garner looking over a ledge.
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box 41, folder 13
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6 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Portraits of Erroll Garner.
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box 41, folder 14
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19 items
Scope and Content Notes
Portrait of Erroll Garner with a Swedish friend; portraits taken in a recording studio.
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box 41, folder 15
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10 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Assorted portraits of Erroll Garner.
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box 41, folder 16
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18 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Assorted photos of singer Bill Farrell.
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box 41, folder 17
Extent
2 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Photos of Tiny Grimes performing.
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box 41, folder 18
Extent
12 items
Scope and Content Notes
Originals & Photocopies of drawings of Erroll Garner.
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box 41, folder 19
Extent
21 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Assorted fan photos sent to Erroll Garner and do not include Garner.
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box 41, folder 20-23
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box 41, folder 24-26
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box 41, folder 27
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box 41, folder 28
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box 41, folder 29
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box 41, folder 30
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2 items
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box 41, folder 31
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24 slides
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box 41, folder 32
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4 items
Scope and Content Notes
Printing plates and cardboard printing stamps.
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box 41, folder 33
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3 items
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box 42, folder 1
Extent
20 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Assorted photos of Erroll Garner with others.
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box 42, folder 2
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15 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Assorted photos of Erroll Garner.
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box 42, folder 3
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1 photograph
Scope and Content Notes
Portrait of Erroll Garner with British jazz pianist, Leonard Feather (1914-1994) and German-born jazz pianist, Jutta Hipp (1925-2003).
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box 42, folder 4
Extent
8 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Assorted photos of Erroll Garner with others.
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box 42, folder 5
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1 photograph
Scope and Content Notes
Erroll Garner with three men at a birthday celebration.
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box 42, folder 6
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2 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Erroll Garner with actor Robert Vaughn (1932-)
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box 42, folder 7
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5 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Portraits of Erroll at the piano and in the recording studio.
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box 42, folder 8
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2 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Erroll Garner and others in a recording studio.
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box 42, folder 9
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33 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Photos of Erroll Garner receiving an award from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh as well as assorted photos taken in the recording studio.
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box 42, folder 10
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3 items
Scope and Content Notes
Erroll Garner celebrating his birthday at the EMI Studios and related correspondence.
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box 42, folder 11
Extent
2 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Photos of Erroll Garner with Columbia Records executive George Avakian.
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box 42, folder 12
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1 photograph
Scope and Content Notes
Portrait of Erroll Garner with Norwegian recording artist Haze Cleveland.
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box 42, folder 13
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4 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Photos of Erroll Garner arriving in Paris.
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box 42, folder 14
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11 photographs
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box 42, folder 15
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1 photograph
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box 42, folder 16
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123 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Assorted photos and portraits of Erroll Garner including performances, receiving awards, meeting with the mayor of Boston, travel, and with French jazz violinist, Stephane Grappelli.
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box 42, folder 17
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117 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Assorted photos and portaits of Erroll Garner including performances, receiving awards, and travel.
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box 42, folder 18
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135 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Assorted photos of Erroll Garner in the recording studio.
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box 42, folder 19
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55 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Photos from the "New Kind of Love" recording session.
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box 42, folder 20
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78 photographs
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box 42, folder 21
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41 photographs
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box 42, folder 22
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6 photographs
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box 42, folder 23
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22 photographs
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box 42, folder 24
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5 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Souvenir matted photos from: Cafe Zanzibar, NYC; Zardi's Jassland, Hollywood; Frolic's, Salisbury Beach, Mass.; Three Deuces, NYC.
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box 42, folder 25-26
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2 photographs
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box 43, folder 1
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67 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Erroll Garner "Magician" album cover, assorted photos of Erroll Garner performing, in the recording studio, or with others.
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box 43, folder 2
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3 photographs
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box 43, folder 3
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9 photographs
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box 43, folder 4
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41 photographs
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box 43, folder 5
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34 photographs
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box 43, folder 6
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28 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Assorted portraits of Erroll Garner, including some from his 1965 foreign tour.
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box 43, folder 7
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17 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Assorted portraits of Erroll Garner, along with photos of "Magician" album cover.
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box 43, folder 8
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28 photographs
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box 43, folder 9
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9 photographs
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box 43, folder 10
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3 photographs
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box 43, folder 11
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5 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Erroll Garner on the television show, "Dottie Hansen's Hi-Time," at the piano holding the key to the City of Pittsburgh, and assorted other portraits.
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box 43, folder 12
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5 photographs
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box 43, folder 13
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30 photographs
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box 43, folder 14
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2 photographs
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box 43, folder 15
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3 photographs
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box 43, folder 16
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18 photographs
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box 43, folder 17-18
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5 photographs
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box 43, folder 19
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2 photographs
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box 44, folder 1
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10 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Erroll Garner touring the Baldwin Piano factory in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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box 44, folder 2-5
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7 photographs
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box 44, folder 6
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4 photographs
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box 44, folder 7
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22 photographs
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box 44, folder 8
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3 items
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box 44, folder 9
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7 photographs
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box 44, folder 10
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20 photographs
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box 44, folder 11
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5 photographs
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box 44, folder 12
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67 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Assorted portraits of Erroll Garner performing as well as other candid shots. Also includes Erroll Garner in the recording studio with composer Leith Stevens, a CD cover (1997), and Erroll Garner photo postcards.
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box 44, folder 13
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9 photographs
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box 44, folder 14
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22 photographs
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box 44, folder 15-16
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5 photographs
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box 44, folder 17
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2 photographs
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box 44, folder 18
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1 photographs
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box 44, folder 19
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2 photographs
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box 44, folder 20
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23 photographs
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box 44, folder 21
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20 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Photos and performer posters from the PBS series "Just Jazz" for the following artists: Dexter Gordon, Ray Nance, Art Hodes, Don Byas, Bobby Hackett, Gene Ammons, Sounds of Swing, James Moody, and Erroll Garner.
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box 45, folder 1
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78 photographs
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box 45, folder 2
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16 photographs
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box 45, folder 3
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93 photographs
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box 45, folder 4
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72 photographs
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box 45, folder 5
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35 photographs
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box 45, folder 6
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56 photographs
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box 45, folder 7
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23 photographs
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box 45, folder 8
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11 photographs
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box 45, folder 9
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37 photographs
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box 45, folder 10
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2 photographs
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box 45, folder 11
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box 46, folder 1
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8 photographs
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box 46, folder 2
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 3
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18 photographs
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box 46, folder 4
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4 photographs
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box 46, folder 5
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 6
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 7
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5 photographs
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box 46, folder 8
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11 photographs
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box 46, folder 9
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 10
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4 photographs
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box 46, folder 11
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3 photographs
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box 46, folder 12
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 13
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8 photographs
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box 46, folder 14
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8 photographs
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box 46, folder 15
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6 photographs
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box 46, folder 16
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6 photographs
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box 46, folder 17
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28 photographs
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box 46, folder 18
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4 photographs
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box 46, folder 19
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43 photographs
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box 46, folder 20
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5 photographs
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box 46, folder 21
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3 photographs
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box 46, folder 22
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5 photographs
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box 46, folder 23
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7 photographs
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box 46, folder 24
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 25
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82 photographs
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box 46, folder 26
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 27
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7 photographs
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box 46, folder 28
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56 items
Scope and Content Notes
Assorted photos of Erroll Garner from Columbia Records and a photo book from the WAJC Indianapolis 27 Hour Jazz Festival.
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box 46, folder 29
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34 photographs
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box 46, folder 30
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3 photographs
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box 46, folder 31
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 32
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 33
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5 photographs
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box 46, folder 34
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16 photographs
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box 46, folder 35
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15 photographs
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box 46, folder 36
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4 photographs
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box 46, folder 37
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 37A
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1 photograph
Scope and Content Notes
Photograph taken by Mike Shea for Ebony Magazine.
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box 46, folder 37B
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3 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Photographs taken by Peter Hastings for Ebony Magazine.
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box 46, folder 38
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6 photographs
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box 46, folder 39
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 40
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box 46, folder 41
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 42
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 43
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 44
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4 photographs
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box 46, folder 45
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 46
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 47
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 48
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 49
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 50
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20 photographs
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box 46, folder 51
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4 photographs
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box 46, folder 52
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3 photographs
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box 46, folder 53
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 54
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6 photographs
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box 46, folder 55
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 56
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 57
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6 photographs
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box 46, folder 58
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 59
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 60
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 61
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 62
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9 photographs
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box 46, folder 63
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9 photographs
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box 46, folder 64
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 65
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 66
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48 photographs
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box 46, folder 67
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 68
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4 photographs
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box 46, folder 69
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4 photographs
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box 46, folder 70
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 71
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5 photographs
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box 46, folder 72
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3 photographs
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box 46, folder 73
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11 photographs
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box 46, folder 74
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10 photographs
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box 46, folder 75
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3 photographs
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box 46, folder 76
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 77
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 78
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30 photographs
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box 46, folder 79
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 80
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13 photographs
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box 46, folder 81
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3 photographs
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box 46, folder 82
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 83
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4 photographs
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box 46, folder 84
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4 photographs
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box 46, folder 85
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 86
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 87
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 88
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 89
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16 photographs
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box 46, folder 90
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 91
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 92
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 93
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 94
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4 photographs
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box 46, folder 95
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 96
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1 photographs
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box 46, folder 97
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7 photographs
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box 46, folder 98
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 99
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39 photographs
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box 46, folder 100
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8 photographs
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box 46, folder 101
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21 photographs
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box 46, folder 102
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53 items
Scope and Content Notes
Photographs of Erroll Garner taken by the photographer William "Popsie" Randolph, as well as a booklet about Popsie's works, published in 2007.
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box 46, folder 103
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 104
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 105
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8 photographs
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box 46, folder 106
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11 photographs
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box 46, folder 107
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23 photographs
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box 46, folder 108
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8 photographs
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box 46, folder 109
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 110
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 111
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3 photographs
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box 46, folder 112
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3 photographs
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box 46, folder 113
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 114
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 115
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31 photographs
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box 46, folder 116
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6 photographs
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box 46, folder 117
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 118
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 119
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13 photographs
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box 46, folder 120
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1 photographs
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box 46, folder 121
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 122
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 123
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8 photographs
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box 46, folder 124
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44 photographs
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box 46, folder 125
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 126
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6 photographs
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box 46, folder 127
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 128
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2 photographs
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box 46, folder 129
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1 photograph
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box 46, folder 130
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6 photographs
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box 46, folder 131
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1 photograph
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box 47, folder 1
Extent
22 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Photographs of Erroll Garner meeting with Clint Eastwood to review a special edition of Garner's hit song "Misty" that was recorded for the 1971 Eastwood film, "Play Misty for Me."
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box 47, folder 2-6
Extent
294 photographs
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box 47, folder 7
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12 photographs
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box 47, folder 8-11
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103 photographs
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box 47, folder 12
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1 photograph
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box 47, folder 13
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2 photographs
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box 47, folder 14
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12 photographs
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box 47, folder 15
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box 47, folder 16
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9 photographs
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box 47, folder 17
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112 photographs
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box 47, folder 18
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4 photographs
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box 47, folder 19
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41 photographs
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box 47, folder 20
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42 photographs
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box 47, folder 21
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9 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Photographs autographed by assorted celebrities, given as gifts to Erroll Garner and Martha Glaser.
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box 47, folder 22-23
Extent
244 photographs
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box 47, folder 24
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2 photographs
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box 47, folder 25-26
Extent
91 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Assorted photographs of Erroll Garner with his longtime manager and close friend, Martha Glaser.
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box 47, folder 27
Extent
2 items
Scope and Content Notes
Photographs of Erroll Garner with Martha Glaser's niece, Susan Rosenberg.
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box 47, folder 28
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4 items
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box 47, folder 29
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1 item
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box 47, folder 30
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3 photographs
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box 47, folder 31
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15 photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Includes autographed photographs of Duke Ellington, Pearl Bailey, Arthur Godfrey, Helem Humes, and Erroll Garner.
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box 48, folder 1
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60 photographs
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box 48, folder 2
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64 photographs
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box 48, folder 3
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109 photographs
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box 48, folder 4
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22 items
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box 48, folder 5
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121 photographs
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box 48, folder 5A
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3 photographs
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box 48, folder 5B
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1 photograph
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box 48, folder 5C
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3 photographs
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box 48, folder 6
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7 photographs
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box 48, folder 7
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1 photograph
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box 48, folder 8
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15 photographs
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box 48, folder 9
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120 photographs
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box 48, folder 10
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83 photographs
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box 48, folder 11
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2 photographs
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box 48, folder 12
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574 photographs
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200 slides
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160 slides
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46 slides
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134 prints
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Scope and Content Notes
Album art for "Dreamstreet," "Close Up in Swing," "That's My Kick," "Amsterdam Concert," "Campus Concert," "One World Concert," Gemini," and "Erroll Garner Plays Gershwin and Kern" in the form of acetates, proofs, and negatives for audiocassette production.
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Scope and Content Notes
Acetates, and film stills for use on "Erroll Garner: A Night at the Movies" album cover and liner notes. Also includes promotional posters for the album.
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Scope and Content Notes
Acetates for album art for "Up in Erroll's Room," "Dreamstreet," "That's My Kick" and a printed proof for "Up in Erroll's Room."
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Mock-ups for unidentified projects on Bristol Board.
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Scope and Content Notes
The Audio/Video Material series contains over 4,100 items comprising Erroll Garner's (with his accompanying musicians) live shows, studio sessions, radio and television performances, and interviews recorded between 1937 and 1977, which accounts for approximately 8,375 "songs" or tracks. The inventory includes:
1,323 ¼", ½", 1" and 2" Master and Safety Analog Audio Tape Reels
652 Acetate Discs, Mothers, Stampers, Test Pressings and Promo Records
119 film/video recordings: 2 8mm film reels, 25 16mm film reels, 27 ¾" Tapes, 2 2" Tapes, 2 Beta SP Tapes, 1 Hi8 Tape, 57 VHS Tapes, and 1 DVD
13 items of "Gear" (cables, microphones, etc.)
32 empty album sleeves, cassette cases, and CD cases featuring album art for Garner releases.
The analog sound recordings are not available for public access since they have been reformatted to digital.
Scope and Content Notes
All of the sound recordings have been digitized, and are currently available for onsite listening in the ASC Reading Room at our Thomas Blvd. location.
Scope and Content Notes
Approximately 1,323 1950's-1970's master, safety and unknown open reel recordings (about three quarters mono and a quarter stereo), recorded on 3-track, 4-track, 8-track, 16-track and 24-track machines, illustrating the advancement in recording technology throughout the years. Duplicate master tapes are usually either safety tapes and/or those tapes with different sound mixes or arrangements that were used to select a final version. Mixes can be found with brass overdubs, different guitar, piano and bass balances, etc. Duplicate 1980's recordings are included that may have been copied for remastered re-issues.
Most of the original boxes include handwritten dates, locations, relevant numbers, song listings and production notes. Approximately three quarters of the tapes were recorded on ¼" tape and another fifth or so on ½", with the remaining group on 1" and 2".
Recordings feature Garner in the studio for Columbia, Atlantic, BMG, CBS, Gotham Recording, Polygram, Octave Records, Associated Recording Studios, Capitol, A&R, Blue Note, Mercury, RCA, etc. Notable albums include "Erroll Garner Plays Gershwin and Kern," "Dreamstreet," "That's My Kick," "Up In Erroll's Room," "Feeling Is Believing," "Magician," " A New Kind Of Garner," "Eleven," "Movie Favorites," (Japanese), "A New Kind Of Love" soundtrack, "A Night At The Movies," a recording in an Australian studio most likely done on tour, plus the live recording from the landmark "Concert By The Sea."
Others include Garner live performances, compilation tapes of Garner compositions, solo piano sessions that have not been released, versions of "I Can't Get Started" and "Just Blues" (and others) with Garner on the harpsichord, plus a number of tapes entitled "noodling" where Garner is simply improvising. There is a 1956 session with Nat Pierce doing arrangements for the orchestra, original tunes, not full songs, sketches and rehearsals. Other well-known Garner songs include "Misty," including out-takes, "A Fine Romance," "Dreamstreet," "Dreamy," "Gaslight," etc.
Television, radio and live concert performances include WHUR Howard University, The Tonight Show, Campus Concert, One World Performance, 1959 DJ convention, Dick Cavett Show, Pearl Bailey Show, 1956 Copenhagen radio performance, TV performance in Stockholm, Sweden, 1958 Detroit Masonic Temple, Arthur Godfrey Show, Godfrey Time, the Jackie Gleason Show, Balletap Show, the game show "Play Your Hunch," where he plays three songs and writes on impromptu; the 1963 Seattle World's Fair "One World" Concert, Village Gate, Amsterdam Concert (including a stereo master) and a 1958 Burlington, VT performance.
Each reel holds between 1-20 songs, with most containing anywhere from three to 10. Production notes are often included. A database located in the the ASC Reading Room can be sesarched to identify reel information inlcuding inventory number, song, length, notes, format, band or solo, sound quality, etc. for most of the recordings where applicable.
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Scope and Content Notes
There are approximately 1,981cassettes in the Erroll Garner archive. Content includes live and television performances, such as a 1964 Garner performance in Belgium; 1962 Holland performance, cassette reading "Four Original Tunes," Garner playing solo piano, 1952 Montreal performance, 1966 in NYC, 1964 "Jazz Nocturne," 1975 DC performance, 1940's Concerts, 1963 European concerts, Steve Allen Show, BBC, 1950 Woody Herman program, 1975 Birthday Party, 1958 Sy Johnson "For Erroll" Tribute, 1972 All-Stars with Coleman Hawkins and Jimmy Heath; Phil Schap, "Jazz Sundae," 1974 Tonight Show; Gary Giddins Show, 1972 Australia; 1948 With John Collins & Slam Stewart in Paris 1948; a tape marked "Erroll's Last Show," February 21, 1975 at Mr. Kelly's Tonight Show with June 1972 Tonight Show appearance with Flip Wilson subbing for Carson; studio performances, Garner bantering with band, solo work, numerous original compositions and several versions of "Misty."
Garner interviews include the Arthur Godfrey Show, NPR "Morning Edition; an interview on Cape Cod, NPR Jazz Profile, 1966 Garner interview with George Shearing and Steve Allen; a 1966 "The Joy of A Genius" NPR Jazz Profile on Garner; etc.
Also, numerous interviews regarding Garner's music and legacy with Martha Glaser are represented. Interviews with Art Blakey, George Avakian, Joe Turner, Red Callendar Billy Taylor, Carl McVicker, Slam Stewart, Teddy Wilson and Illinois Jacquet among other are included. A January 7, 1977 recording of Garner's funeral service, a 1988 Ron Della Chiesa WGBH tribute, and 1999 "A Portrait of Erroll Garner" program from the Netherlands can also be found among the cassettes.
It appears that there is some content overlap with the acetates and tapes. Therefore, there is a lot of original material comprising interviews with Garner, Glaser or other celebrities talking about Garner, show performances, solo performances, and studio work.
Scope and Content Notes
Contains approximately 652 discs including items composted of aluminum, acetate (lacquer), and vinyl. Sizes vary from 7-inches to 16-inches. Among the disc recordings are full albums, test pressings, commercial recordings, live recordings, promotional recordings, reference stampers, 16"" Muzak discs likely containing Garner compositions. Most discs have been digitized. Many discs are housed in their original sleeves, some containing handwritten annotations likely written by the engineer or producer. Condition ranges from fair to excellent. Discs that are believed to have been part of Garner's personal colleciton exhibit cracks, scratches, and chips. Also included is the 2016 release two-album set Ready Take One which contains previously unreleased tracks.
Scope and Content Notes
This series contains concert and television performances featuring Erroll Garner with his trio, solo, and other performers and notable personalities on both 16mm film and videocassette. Performances include appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show, The Gary Moore Show, BBC's Jazz 625, Jazzland, among others. Some videocassettes included in this series serve as documentation as to the use of Garner compositions in feature films, television shows, and advertising.
Moving image media in 16mm film, videocassette, and digital formats can be viewed onsite in the ASC Reading Room.
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Scope and Content Notes
The item is not dated; however, it is possible that it could be from March 1955 when Garner performed on the Laclede Symphony Hour program on KSD - TV while the St. Louis Symphony was on tour. He was the first jazz artist to be featured on the classical music program.
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Scope and Content Notes
The tape is dated 1964, but Garner performed on the show in 1965.
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Scope and Content Notes
The tape is dated 1964, but Garner performed on the show in 1965.
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Scope and Content Notes
Program contains "Misty," "Something." "Shadow of your Smile," and clips from from Jazz 625 from Studio 13,
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Duplicate of EGV-01-03
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Scope and Content Notes
Collection of mulitple Erroll Garner appearances.
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Scope and Content Notes
Collection of Erroll Garner appearances dated 10/23/1960; 2/5/1961; 3/26/1961; 4/21/1963.
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PAL/Mono/B&W/10"-- wrong format- possible dupe of 03-13
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Beta
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Scope and Content Notes
This subseries contains miscellaneous cables, microphones, etc.
Scope and Content Notes
The Memorabilia series includes planners, books, scripts, awards, proclamations, business cards, postcards, stamps, passports, ID and membership cards, artwork by and of Garner, clothing, jewelry, keys, cufflinks, rings, watches and miscellaneous items.
Scope and Content Notes
The Artwork subseries includes prints and illustrations of Garner by various artists. The subseries also includes artwork of other subjects owned by Garner, as well as sketches drawn by Garner himself.
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Scope and Content Notes
The Awards subseries includes award plaques and certificates received by Garner during his career from music organizations within the United States and around the world. The subseries also includes awards recognizing the enduring popularity of Garner's music from The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS).
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Scope and Content Notes
The Books and TV Scripts subseries includes books on jazz that mention Garner, books on other subjects owned by Garner, and original scripts from Garner's television appearances throughout his career.
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Scope and Content Notes
The Cards subseries consists of Garner's personal cards, including business cards, identification cards, passports, membership cards, medical cards, petty cash vouchers, and a social security card.
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The Contacts subseries includes three address books and address cards containing Garner's business, personal, and celebrity contacts.
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Scope and Content Notes
The Memoriam subseries includes proclamations and resolutions from government and music organizations honoring Garner and recognizing his contributions to music.
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Scope and Content Notes
Includes memorable studio recordings and the heartfelt tribute concert to his brother Erroll, "I Never said Goodbye." Produced by Don Fraser. Recorded CBC Radio - July 2, 1993; June 24, 2002, Carltone Studio - November 5, 2004
Scope and Content Notes
The Publicity subseries includes promotional materials used by Garner during his career, and commemorative postage stamps and postcards honoring Garner and his musical legacy.
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Scope and Content Notes
The Clothing subseries includes eleven custom-made dress shirts worn by Garner, as well as a tie worn by Garner in its original box.
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The Jewelry subseries includes coins, keychains, pocket watches, earrings, money pins, keys, cigarette lighters, rings, tie bands, money clips, cuff links, and other personal items.
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Scope and Content Notes
The Oversized subseries includes large promotional concert posters from Garner's performances, as well as Garner album covers, original artwork and some popular magazines.
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Biography
Pioneering Jazz music manager and civil rights advocate, Martha Glaser, was born February 15, 1921 in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, daughter of Samuel and Pearl Farkas, Hungarian immigrants, and sister to Bella Rosenberg. Martha Glaser (nee Farkas) attended Southwestern High School in Detroit and earned her Bachelor's degree in Government with three minors in Economics, Sociology and History from Wayne State University in Detroit in 1942.
Ms. Glaser planned to pursue a career in public affairs and journalism, but following the Detroit riots of 1943 she became increasingly active in supporting human rights, taking a central role in the formation of the Entertainment Industry Emergency Committee to combat race hatred. Calling to "ensure the right of all people to live in our nation without discrimination," Ms. Glaser advocated, "a coordinated approach to unleash the optimum weight of the entertainment industry in the offensive against race hate."
Ms. Glaser was the first Jewish American woman to be hired by the city of Chicago to work for the Human Rights commission to oppose discrimination. As part of that effort, she organized Jazz concerts working first with Norman Granz, promoter of "Jazz at the Philharmonic," (himself an advocate for the growing civil rights movement) and subsequently with agent/impresario Joe Glaser. She then went to work for the Disc Corporation of America as a publicist and organized the Jazz for justice tours throughout the late 1940's.
In 1948 she created her own music management company and settled permanently in New York City, where the Jazz scene was in full flower on 52nd Street. It was in that milieu that Ms. Glaser met pianist Erroll Garner, and the course of her life was set. Mr. Garner, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was a self-taught prodigy who astounded the music world with his seemingly limitless ability to improvise on the keyboard, despite a lack of any formal music training. While Garner was an artist, not a businessman, Ms. Glaser found that by combining her love for Jazz, her civil rights advocacy, and her innate business acumen, she was able, after signing an exclusive contract with Mr. Garner, to advance his career onto a level of prestige hitherto unavailable to Jazz artists.
Garner's 1955 composition "Misty", quickly became a classic, and was the twelfth most played ASCAP song of the 20th Century, due in no small part to Ms. Glaser's untiring efforts to promote and maintain Mr. Garner's image as a world-class composer. Her success in that effort is evidenced in his long list of laurels, including a triumphant appearance at Carnegie Hall, winning the French Prix du Disque, and securing the only Jazz music booking contract with classical music agent Sol Hurok. Mr. Garner shared that roster with Andres Segovia, Isaac Stern, and the Bolshoi Ballet.
Ms. Glaser's vision encompassed recording as well, and she was a pioneer in producing Mr. Garner's discs in the then-nascent Long-Playing format. In a singular instance, she instinctively secured a simple tape recording of one of Mr. Garner's trio shows, in Carmel California, and when it was released as "Concert by the Sea" on Columbia, it became one of the largest selling Jazz releases of all time.
Throughout this unbroken record of success, Ms. Glaser never lost sight of her early devotion to equal rights; she inserted a clause into Mr. Garner's contracts prohibiting segregation of his audiences, a decade before the Civil Rights Act declared the practice illegal. Mr. Garner's worldwide fame notwithstanding, Ms. Glaser shunned publicity herself, although her record of success in the music business, which was dominated in the 1950's by males in executive positions, is testimony to her tenacious hold on a position of equality among her colleagues.
Ms. Glaser was also a pioneer in the concept of musical artists owning the copyrights to their own work, an unusual concept at the time, and one of great benefit to Mr. Garner, who reciprocated with twenty seven years of loyalty to Ms. Glaser and their co-owned publishing and production company, Octave Music. After Mr. Garner's career was cut short by his untimely death in 1977, Ms. Glaser maintained her tireless effort to keep his music in its premiere position, securing hundreds of licensed usages and overseeing a continual stream of LP and CD releases drawn for her trove of studio productions of the pianist's work.
Thanks to Ms. Glaser's diligence and perseverance and in keeping with her wishes, the full scope of Garner's recordings, including many newly discovered unreleased treasures as well as his first known recording in 1937 and his final concert, have been archived. These recordings, photographs, video, symphonic scores, memorabilia, legal and civil rights documentation span the tandem careers of two unique individuals, one an original jazz improviser, and the other a true innovator in the areas of human rights, the arts, and business.
Ms. Glaser died on December 3, 2014 at the age of 93.
Scope and Content Notes
The Martha Glaser series contains correspondence (personal and business), greetings cards that she received, calendars and daily notes of her activities, poetry and TV scripts created by her, financial documents, family and personal materials, educational records (primary, secondary, and college), race relations (during the 1940s in Chicago, Detroit, and the music industry), photographs, some jewelry, and legal papers.
Scope and Content Notes
The Outgoing Correspondence subseries contains personal, legal, and business correspondence organized by date.
This item includes; Analysis of Chicago School Strikes created by American Council on Race Relations, Chicago Il. 1945, papers related to Martha Glaser's time as Assistant in the Department of Public Information and Education, and documents related to a report titled The Mayor's Commission on Human Relations from 1945 to 1946.
This item includes the Report of the Mayor's Committee on Race Relations in Chicago for the year 1944, a document titled "Mayor's Committee on Race Relations Financial Statement 1944", a document titled "Chicago Charter of Human Relations adopted by Chicago Conference on Home Front Unity 1945", the Report of the Mayor's Commission on Human Relations for 1945, and a document titled "Police Training Bulletin: A Guide to Race Relations for Police Officers."
This item includes the following documents; "Human Relations in Chicago: Reports of Commissions and Charter of Human Relations 1945," a pamphlet for Chicago Conference on Home Front Unity 1945, a pamphlet for "The National Negro Museum and Historical Foundation" dated 1945, proceedings from the Chicago Conference on Home Front Unity 1945, a pamphlet titled "Negro Soldiers in American Wars" published in 1944, "Charter for Human Relations: A Dumbarton Oaks for Chicago" adopted 1945 by Chicago Conference on Home Front Unity, a pamphlet of Chicago Conference on Home Front Unity for Fall meeting 1945, and "Race Relations in Chicago" a Report of the Mayor's Commission on Human Relations for 1945.
This item includes a pamphlet titled "Design for Living in a Democratic World: Fifth Annual Conference of the League of Detroit Jewish Youth 1944," and several correspondences from the Metropolitan Detroit Youth Council to various individuals regarding demonstrations in Detroit during 1943.