Jimmy Granato was a well-known Chicago clarinetist who played "traditonal" or "Dixieland revival" style jazz with Art Hodes, Jimmy Durante, Smoky Stover, and many others.

His meticulously documented collection consists of scrapbooks filled with photos, autograph material, memorabilia, reviews and publicity clippings, as well as some sheet music for traditional jazz tunes.

• Box 1: Photo album labelled "Hodes-Stover, Chicago 1957-1958."

• Box 2: Photo albums

• Box 3: Loose photos and clippings
  • Folder 1: Photographs including Granato
    
  • Folder 2: Photographs without Granato
    
  • Folder 3: Newspaper/Magazine clippings
    
  • Folder 4: Miscellaneous
    

• Box 4: Sheet Music and Music Mss.
  • Trumpet fake book in loose-leaf notebook
    
  • Music mss. parts and scores
    
  • Folder, "Jimmie Granato and his New Yorkers: Index" containing alphabetical play list and loose fakebook parts.
    
  • Piano fakebook in looseleaf notebook