der grösste Foto-Dieb der Jazzgeschichte ist nicht mehr…
Frank Driggs, jazz producer and historian who amassed 100,000 jazz-related images, dies at 81
By Associated Press, Thursday, September 22, 3:43 AM
NEW YORK — Frank Driggs, a music historian and producer who amassed a world-class archive of more than 100,000 jazz-related images, has died. He was 81.Friend and co-worker Donna Ranieri (RAY’-nee-ehr-ee) told The Associated Press that Driggs was found dead in his Manhattan home on Tuesday. She says he died of natural causes.
inShareA 1952 Princeton University graduate, Driggs became enamored with jazz and swing while listening to late-night broadcasts in the 1930s. He later joined Marshall Stearns, founder of the Rutgers University-based Institute of Jazz Studies, and began documenting jazz history.
Driggs produced numerous recordings, including Columbia Records’ ”Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings.” He received a Grammy for it in 1991.
Driggs also co-published “Black Beauty, White Heat,” a pictorial history of classic jazz culled from his vast collection.
Mehr zu Driggs:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/jazzman.html
zwei Basie Foto-Strecken aus der Driggs Collection:
http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/ijs/cb/famousDoor.htm
http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/ijs/cb/columbia.htm
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