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A Love Supreme at 60: Thoughts on Coltrane’s Masterwork
In his original liner notes to A Love Supreme, John Coltrane wrote: “Yes, it is true — ‘seek and ye shall…
The voice of Billie Holiday croons a new rendition of “Good Morning Heartache” as Tony Scott joins in with clarinet and jazz critic Leonard Feather accompanies on piano. The 1956 recording is one of numerous unreleased jazz recordings and documents recently digitized and now available to the public through the University of Idaho’s International Jazz Collections (IJC).
The IJC, through Safe Sound Archive in Philadelphia, has completed digitization of the audio portion of the Leonard Feather collection of jazz memorabilia. Last year, the Grammy Foundation gave the university a $36,000 grant to preserve and digitize Feather’s audio tapes and recordings.
In addition to the numerous audio files, Feather’s collection includes scrapbooks from 1933 to 1994, his personal library and music collections, and autographed photos of musicians including Ray Charles, Holiday, Henry Mancini, the King Cole Trio, Quincy Jones and Dizzy Gillespie.
The International Jazz Collections will be open to the public during the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival, Feb. 20-23, 2008. More info: ijc.uidaho.edu
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