Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program
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Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program
homepage
https://americanhistory.si.edu/smithsonian-jazz/collections-and-archives/smithsonian-jazz-oral-history-program
description
Established by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in 1992, the Jazz Oral History Program documented more than one hundred senior jazz musicians, performers, relatives, and business associates. Each interview was conducted by a jazz authority and was recorded on digital audiotape by a professional audio engineer. The interviews average six hours in length and cover a wide range of topics including early years, initial involvement in music, generally, and jazz specifically, as well as experiences in the jazz music world, including relationships to musicians.