| Collection Name: |
Jazz Oral History Program |
| Repository Name: |
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Smithsonian Institution Archives [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| URL: |
http://www.si.edu/ajazzh/johp.htm |
| Material Formats: |
[5 documents with audio] |
| Dates Spanned: |
1972-1984 |
| Description: |
In 1987, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution declaring jazz "a rare and valuable national treasure." The Smithsonian Institution Jazz Oral History Program, supported in part by a special congressional appropriation, reaffirms the Institution's commitment to the preservation of jazz as the most significant musical culture to emerge in the United States. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: |
122 |
| Interviews: |
[5 interview(s) listed in this collection] |
| Broad Subjects: |
Music; Intellectual life |
| ASP Subjects: |
Arts--United States; Jazz; Jazz musicians; Music; Musicians; Oral history; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; United States |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0000560 |
