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Albert J. "Budd" Johnson manuscript scores and other material.

Collection Identifier: Ms. Coll. 117
Overview:

Manuscript scores and related materials of composer and tenor saxophonist Albert J. "Budd" Johnson.

Lou Church and Jack Fields contracts for Blue Note (Philadelphia) performances by jazz musicians, and other materials, 1949, 1955-1957.

Collection Identifier: Ms. Coll. 119
Overview:

This collection consists of contracts between various jazz artists and club owners or producers supplying the terms of agreement for the artists' performance engagements. Artists represented include Cannonball Adderley, Louis Armstong, The Australian Jazz Quintet, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, The Modern Jazz Quartet and several others.

Randy Weston recordings and papers

Collection Identifier: Ms. Coll. 159
Overview:

Consists of recordings, manuscript scores, and papers documenting the work of the composer and pianist, Randy Weston (1926-2018).

William D. and Peggy Smith collection of Eubie Blake correspondence, printed sheet music, and other material, 1970-1977.

Collection Identifier: Ms. Coll. 105
Overview:

Materials by and about the American jazz pianist and composer Eubie Blake, including correspondence, articles, clippings, photographs, and sheet music, collected during the 1970's by William D. and Peggy Smith. In the letters Eubie Blake discusses his music, composing, and events of his career. The correspondence also documents the friendship between Eubie and Marion Blake and the Smiths.