Willis Conover Collection
Willis Conover (1920-1996) was a jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for over forty years. A 1997 gift of the Willis Conover Jazz Preservation Foundation, Inc., the collection consists of over 22,000 recordings of all kinds, correspondence, memos, magazines, record catalogs, manuscripts, program notes, memorabilia, photographs, books, and other personal items. Many of the recordings and books are being added to the regular collection, cataloged in the main on-line catalog, and allowed to circulate. The archival and historical material will be made available as special collections.
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Debrecan Jazz Days 1981
Date: 1981
Creator: Conover, Willis
Description: Handwritten notes relating to the Debrecan Jazz Days, July-August 1981
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Foreign Program List 1966
Date: 1966
Creator: Conover, Willis
Description: Typed list of foreign performances on Music USA in 1966.
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Hand-Written Program Lists, 1978-1981
Date: 1978 - 1981
Creator: Conover, Willis
Description: Handwritten program lists for Music USA, 1978-1981.
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Hand-Written Program Lists, 1981-1982
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Creator: Conover, Willis
Description: Handwritten cue sheets for Music USA, 1981-1982. Includes:
Individual Program Lists, February and March 1978;
Handwritten Program Lists, December 1981;
Handwritten Program Lists, January-March 1982;
Interview with Lee Bark;
Notes for Art Farmer program;
UDC Lab Jazz Band;
Toni Wilson notes.
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Hand-Written Program Lists, 1982-1983
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Creator: Conover, Willis
Description: Handwritten cue sheets for Music USA, 1982-1983. Includes:
Handwritten Program Lists, September-December 1982;
Handwritten Program Lists, January-February 1983.
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Hand-Written Program Lists, Dates Unknown
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Creator: Conover, Willis
Description: Handwritten cue sheets for Music USA, unknown dates. Includes: Gyorgy Szabados, piano: Budapest;
"Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks, vocals & guitar: USA;
Radio Big Band: Berlin;
Pori Bigband featuring Ted Burson: Finland;
Jazz group of Rousse/Bulgaria;
Kati Bontovica and Supertrio: Budapest;
Fusti-Labatos Quintet featuring Tat Guinez, conga: Budapest;
Thermacnius Quartet: Kobenhaven;
Jana Koubkova Trio: Proha;
Graham Collier Band: London;
Team/Tamas Berki: Budapest;
Binder Quintet: Budapest;
Jazz Workshop of Debrecen;
Pege Quintet: Budapest;
Tomsits Quartet: Novi Dad, Yugoslavia;
Albert Mangelsforff, trombone & Weet Gev. Aladar Pege, bass: Budapest;
String Connection: Warsaw, Poland;
Markovic-Gut Sextet: Beograd, Yugoslavia;
Christian Esconde and his Workshop: Paris, France;
Siger Small Band: London;
Workshop Group of Gyorgy Nukan;
Sattinus, Budapest;
Erich Klunshuster Quintet: Vienna, Austria;
Jazz Band Radi Ostrava: Tscheckoslovakia;
Enrico Rava Quartet: Milano, Italy;
Workshop Group of Gyorgy Szabados: Budapest;
Kaszako Group: Budapest;
Hulin Quintet: Szeged, Hungary.
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Handwritten Program Lists, March-July 1982
Date: 1982
Creator: Conover, Willis
Description: Handwritten cue sheets for Music USA, March-July 1982.
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Individual Program List 1967
Date: 1967
Creator: Conover, Willis
Description: Hour-by-hour breakdown of music played on Music USA, 1967.
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Individual Program List 1968
Date: 1968
Creator: Conover, Willis
Description: Hour-by-hour breakdown of music played on Music USA, 1968.
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Individual Program List 1972
Date: 1972
Creator: Conover, Willis
Description: Hour-by-hour breakdown of music played on Music USA, 1972.
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