Jazz

Specialists

The Chuck Black Collection for Early Jazz and Blues | March 6, 2018

Dizzy Gillespie born 99 years ago October 21st | October 21, 2016

The ARS welcomes Erin Hurley | August 11, 2016

Jazz

The Monterey Jazz Festival Collection

Recordings of live performances throughout the history of this enduring American cultural institution.
Bob Arnold Collection

Bob Arnold was a popular music historian and collector in Albany, California. His collection consists of his research and correspondence, and includes scrapbooks, program notes, interviews on cassette, and compilations on open reel tape drawn from his music collection. Perhaps his most successful project was about a 1930s jazz singer named Midge Williams.
Riverwalk Jazz Collection

Riverwalk Jazz: Live At The Landing educated and entertained public radio listeners with a program devoted to celebrating traditional jazz and popular music of the pre-war era.
Jim Cullum Collection

Tape recordings of the Happy Jazz Band and the Jim Cullum Jazz Band covering over 30 years of the band's performances. The collection also contains performances by other noteworthy performers including Jack Teagarden and Bobby Hackett.
Richard Hadlock Annals of Jazz Collection

Open reel tape recordings of the “Annals of Jazz” radio program produced and hosted by historian and educator Richard Hadlock, broadcast on KCSM, San Mateo between 1982 and 1991.
Ken Ackerman Collection

The Ken Ackerman Collection consists of broadcast recordings of live jazz performances from the 1950s and 60s, captured at various clubs in San Francisco, particularly Club Hangover.