Preliminary Finding Aid for The Jimmy and Marian McPartland Collection Collection 96-1 Chicago Jazz Archive University of Chicago Library Contents I. Photographs II. Ephemera III. The Magic Horn IV. Correspondence V. Posters VI. Recordings Deborah L. Gillaspie June 21, 1996 Series I: Photographs Mostly black and white photographs, 5 x 7 inches and larger Item count includes originals only Box Folder Contents 1 1 Jimmy McPartland alone 22 items 1 2 Jimmy McPartland with Marian McPartland 4 items 1 3 Jimmy McPartland with musicians, playing & candids 23 items Billie Holiday Blue Note (autographed) - late 40’s Various musicians Marian McPartland, Oscar Peterson, and Ray Brown - late 40’s Art Tatum, Slam Stewart, Marian McPartland, and John Collins - late 40’s Marian McPartland, Max Wayne, Bob Varney, Gene Cedric, and Vic Dickenson - late 40’s Marian McPartland, Ben Carlton, Monsie Alexander, and “Adriennne” - late 40’s Marian McPartland and Eddie Gomez - 1960 Charles Teagarden, Marian McPartland, Jimmy Dorsey, Cliff McKay - late 40’s Greg Koss, Buddy Tate, and Rusty Calder - 1972 Marian McPartland and Garry Moore - 1950’s Dizzy Gillespie - 1955 Billy Butterfield - 1970’s Harold Arlen and Alec Wilder - 1972-3 Squirrel Ashcraft, Billy Taylor, Tommy Givaltney - c. 1970 Jack Stine - 80’s Bix Beiderbecke, Bobby Garden, Art Hodges (?) - n.d. Vic Dickenson, Buster Bailey - late 40’s Bobby Hackett, George Wettling - 1950 Pee Wee Russell - n.d. 1 4 Jimmy McPartland with musicians, posed 18 items Austin High School Gang: Bud Freeman, Frank Teschmacher, Richard McPartland, Arny Freeman - 1923 Bud Freeman, Frank Teschmacher, Richard McPartland, Arny Freeman - 1923 (different pose) Frank Teschmacher, Dick McPartland, Dave Tough, Dave North, and Bud Freeman - 1924 Maroon Six - 1924 Bing Crosby - 1947-8, 1950 on the cover of Downbeat Louis Armstrong and Muggsy Spanier - 1950’s Local 802 meeting, Sol Yaged - 60’s Hoagy Carmichael - n.d. Jimmy Dorsey, Charles Teagarden - 1948-9 Bobby Pratt, Freddy Moore, Tony Parenti - 60’s Jack Teagarden - n.d. 3 unidentified group photographs - n.d. 1 5 Jimmy McPartland band photographs, playing 13 items Bix Beiderbecke and his Rhythm Jugglers - 1925 Roy Eldridge and Bud Freeman - 1937 At the Three Deuces - 1937 Chicago Jazz Album - c.1938 Anita O’Day - early 40’s Mel Powell, Eddie Condon, Pee Wee Russell, Frank Orchard, George Wettling, and Clyde Lombardi - 1939 Joe Rushton, Miff Mole, Stuff Smith, George Wettling, Frank Signorelli - 1937 Austin High School Gang - 1960 Bud Freeman, Pee Wee Russell, George Wettling, Jim Fanigan - 1960 Dell Jones, Larry Madison, Herb Hall c. 1970’s Bill Britto, Mike Longo, Art Magyars, Joe Baritaldi - n.d. 1 6 Jimmy McPartland band photographs, posed 3 items Al Haid band - 1923 Husk O’Hare Orchestra (= Austin High School Gang - 1926) Ben Pollack band - 1928 2 1 Jimmy McPartland recording session photographs 1 item Bud Jacobsen and Boyce Brown - 1939 2 2 Other musicians 9 items R. Barrett Deems, Bud Freeman, Art Hodges - 1985 Bud Freeman and Dick McPartland - c.1946-7 Joe Tarto (autographed) - n.d. Paul Whiteman orchestra (autographed) 2 3 McPartland Family photographs 1 item Doug Kassel (nephew) - 1957 2 4 Other photographs 13 items - from Miami University Telecommunications Service Bix Beiderbecke portrait Bix Beiderbecke and the Wolverines Bix Beiderbecke and his Rhythm Jugglers Bix Beiderbecke and Tram Arcadia Ballroom in St. Louis Bix Beiderbecke in the Jean Goldette band Adrian Rollini and the New Yorkers Bix Beiderbecke and his bash Paul Whiteman at the Bix Beiderbecke monument Bix Beiderbecke (enlargement) Charles Beiderbecke, Les Swanson, Wayne Wolf, and Grover - 1969 Grover interviewing McPartland - 1970 Bill Donahoe’s bash with Jimmy McPartland and Chuck Slate’s Traditional Jazz Band 3* 1 Oversized photographs 6 items Jimmy McPartland alone, posed, age 15-16 Jimmy McPartland alone, playing Jimmy McPartland with trumpet, posed Jimmy and Marian McPartland, playing Jimmy McPartland alone, posed Jimmy and Marian McPartland, posed Series II: Ephemera Box Folder Contents 2 5 Biographical 2 items Chicago Jazz Archive biography Obituary in Jazz Notes - April/May 1991 2 6 Reviews 5 items “Shearing, McPartland Lift Roofs at Maramor, Klein’s” Citizen Journal, Columbus, Ohio: September 12, 1961 “McPartland’s His Own Man” Hartford Courant: November 11, 1974 “McJazz blows in” [n.d.] “McPartland hasn’t lost that ol’ platinum touch” The Globe and Mail, Toronto: November 23, 1979 “Jazz Greats present swinging evening” Hyde Park Herald, Chicago: November 7, 1990 2 7 Articles 6 items “McPartland Recalls Early Days of Great Jazz Era” Springfield Sunday Republican, Springfield, Mass.: November 19, 1961 “Play it again, Jimmy” Hi! June 30, 1976 “A High Note” Chicago Tribune: October 11, 1990 “Pioneer jazz duo to make rare appearance to benefit archive” The University of Chicago Chronicle: October 11, 1990 “Sweet Home Chicago” Chicago Tribune: October 26, 1990 “Critics Choice: Jimmy and Marian McPartland” Chicago Reader, October 26, 199 2 8 Promotional Materials 10 items Promotional collage - n.d. “Hot Versus Cool” Jimmy McPartland and his band versus the Marian McPartland Trio Supper menu for the Downbeat, Lexington Ave., 42nd St. Hickory Grill, Cleveland, Ohio, October 2 - October 21 Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, April 1, 1978 Jimmy McPartland Jazz Clinic “Giant of Jazz Jimmy McPartland” Jimmy McPartland in Frankfurt Press release regarding University of Chicago concert, October 10, 1990 University of Chicago Department of Music presents: Chicago Jazz, Marian and Jimmy McPartland Saturday, October 27, 1990 2 9 Concert programs 3 items Whitby School, Greenwich Connecticut “Great Stars of Jazz” January 5, 1973: Art Hodges, Volly DeFaut, Jeanne Carroll, Jillard Brown, Jim Beebe, and Slam Stewart. Fermilab Art Series Presents Marian and Jimmy McPartland and Friends, Saturday, December 5, 1987 National Conference on Piano Pedagogy presents Marian McPartland Trio, Thursday, October 20, 198 Series III: The Magic Horn (date: 1956) Box Folder Contents 2 10 Photograph 1 item Jimmy McPartland in The Magic Horn 2 11 Correspondence 16 items Telegrams: Ben and Lee (?) Shirley and Hal (?) The Four D’s (his children) Jack and Zo (?) Priscilla and Joe (?) Carlton, Jimmy Daniels, Barb and John Donovan, Dotty and Gregg Greenberg, Catherine and Marty Lanigan’s and McPartland’s McPartland, Marian McPartland Fan Club of Lake Forest Morella, Gus and Bill Britto Wanamaker, Don Letters: Flartery, Harold (ts.) Lehman, Frankie (ms.) 2 12 Publicity Materials 5 items Ad, Variety, June 6, 1956 Preview, Daily News, Saturday, June 9, 1956 Preview, Tower Ticker, [unknown] Review New York Journal-American Monday, June 11, 1956 Review [unknown] in New York 2 13 Script 1 item Album See Series VI: The Magic Horn Series IV: Correspondence Box Folder Contents 2 14 2 items Kahn, Norman 1 ms. letter September 16, 1961 Don, Doug, and Donna article “Jimmy McPartland and Chicago Jazz” Chicago Sun- Times Sunday, March 7, 1971 Series V: Posters 3 items 3 rolled posters, 1 in English, extensively autographed, 2 in German, 1 extensively autographed. Location: CJA Vertical file 7, drawer 2. Series VI: Recordings 26 items 26 12 inch LP recordings, mostly inscribed by Jimmy McPartland to the Chicago Jazz Archive, August 20, 1990. Location: top shelf opposite Vertical file 7. Chicago and All that Jazz! Eddie Condon, Bud Freeman, Bob Haggart, Gene Krupa, Jimmy McPartland, Pee Wee Russell, Joe Sullivan, Jack Teagarden with Lil Armstrong and Blossom Seely (Verve V-8441). Chicago Jazz Album Eddie Condon and his Chicagoans, Jimmy McPartland and his orchestra, and George Wettling’s Chicago Rhythm Kings (Decca DL 8029). Dixieland! Jimmy McPartland (Harmony HS11264)1957. Dixieland, vol. II Jimmy McPartland (Palace M-751). Dixieland at Carnegie Hall Jimmy McPartland, Wild Bill Davidson, Pee Wee Russell, Vic Dickenson, George Wettling (Forum SF 9011)1958. Dixieland Now and Then Jimmy McPartland’s Chicago Rompers Paul Barbarin’s New Orleans’ Stompers (Jazztone J1241) 1956. Down the Middle Jimmy McPartland and his orchestra, with Marian McPartland (Concert Hall Society CHJ 1227). Great Jazz Trumpets Bix Beiderbecke, Bunny Berigan, and Jimmy McPartland (Joker SM 3122) 1924-1937. Hotsy Totsy Gang Benny Goodman with the Hotsy Totsy gang (Sunbeam SB-133) 1928-30. An Informal Sessions for Squirrel Jimmy McPartland, Tommy Gwaltney, Steve Jordan, Charlie Butler, Eddie Phyfe, Bill Potts, Billy Taylor, Jr. (MIS 2). Informal sessions at Squirrel’s Squirrel Ashcraft, Roy Bargy, George Barnes, The Early Years, vol. 1 Floyd Bean, Boyce Brown, Spencer Clark, Ormond Downes, Wade Foster, Jack Gardner, Bobby Hackett, Jack Howe, Hank Isaacs, Howard Kennedy, Rosy McMargue, Jimmy McPartland, Paul Mares, Johnny Mercer, Bill Priestly, Joe Rushton, Bud Wilson, and the Bobcats (MIS 3). Informal Sessions at Squirrel’s Bob Zurke with Joe Rushton (MIS 4). The Early Years, vol. II Jack Teagarden, Vol. 2 1928-57 Jack Teagarden, Ben Pollack and his Park Central orchestra, Eddie Condon’s Hot Shots, Johnny Mercer, Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, The Metronome All Star band, Bud Freeman and his Summa Cum Laude orchestra (Black & White 741101). Jazz a la Midnight Coleman Hawkins, Ruby Braff, Eddie Bert, Jimmy McPartland, and Joe Newman (Hall of Fame JG 608). Jazzmeeting in Holland Bud Freeman, Jimmy McPartland, Ted Easton’s Jazz Band (Riff 659001). Live at the Monticello The McPartlands (Halcyon HAL107). The Magic Horn George Wein’s Dixie-Victors featuring Ruby Braff (RCA Victor LPM-1332). Mannassas Jazz Festival Maxine Sullivan, “Doc” Souchon, “Cliff” Jackson, and “Fat Cat” McRee (Jazzology J-17) 1966. Meet me in Chicago Jimmy McPartland and Art Hodges (Mercury SR 60143). More Informal Sessions Squirrel Ashcraft, Billy Butterfield, Eddie Condon, Wild Bill Davidson, Doc Evans, Don Ewell, Carl Fontana, Bud Freeman, Jack Gross, Bobby Hackett, Bob Haggart, Clancy Hayes, Gus Johnson, Steve Jordan, Yank Lawson, Lou McGarity, Jimmy McPartland, Marian McPartland, Mike Moore, Bill Priestly, Ann Rean, Herb Sanford, Ralph Sutton, and Bob Wilber (MIS 5) 1969. On Stage Jimmy McPartland and his all stars (Jazzology J-16). One Night Stand Jimmy McPartland (Jazzology J-137). The Rare BG 1927-29 Benny Goodman [with others] (Sunbeam SB- 112). Shades of Bix Jimmy McPartland and Bobby Hackett (MCA MCA2-4110). Singin’ the Blues Jimmy McPartland, Dick Cary, Lino Patruno, Milan College Jazz Society (Carosello CLE 21029). That Happy Dixieland Jimmy McPartland and his Dixielanders (RCA Camden CAL 549). The Jimmy and Marian McPartland Collection Collection 96-1 Chicago Jazz Archive 4
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