Gene Hall Collection, 1944-1993
By Maristella Feustle
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Gene Hall Collection, 1944-1993 |
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| ID: | 06/ 041 |
| Primary Creator: | Hall, Gene (Morris Eugene) (1913-1993) |
| Extent: | 16.0 Boxes |
| Subjects: | |
| Languages: | English |
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection consists of sixteen boxes of papers, correspondence, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, and music for jazz ensembles of various sizes, as well as one piece of realia.Biographical Note
Subject/Index Terms
Access Information
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Administrative Information
| Repository: | Music Library |
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| Accruals: | January 10, 2018. |
| Acquisition Source: | Leon Breeden, Morris Martin, others |
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Box and Folder Listing
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Series 1: Papers
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Box 1
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Folder 1: Curriculum Vita
Three copies. -
Folder 2: Transcript of "Gene Hall Tape - 1966"; transcript, "Gene Hall's Comments to Leon Breeden 2/2/76 from [Stephen F. Austin] University"
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Folder 3: Oral history interview: notes and preliminary research
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Folder 4: Photocopies of materials in conjunction with oral history interview
Includes adjudication forms from Michigan State University T.V. Orchestra's appearances at Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival under Hall, correspondence, and papers related to other jazz education events and organizations. -
Folder 5: Oral history transcripts
Two stapled sets of papers, corresponding to sides of a tape. -
Folder 6: Oral history: post-interview name verification, 1991 April 24
Verifies identities and spellings of names mentioned in oral history interview. Correspondence between UNT Music Library and History Department. -
Folder 7: Collection inventory, 1991 April 24
Includes two copies of "Gene Hall Gift" document. -
Folder 8: Nick LaRocca cover letter to Gene Hall, 1957 September
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Folder 9: Copies of newspaper clippings and correspondence sent to Gene Hall from Nick LaRocca
Annotated in pencil and ink by LaRocca. -
Folder 10: Envelope from Nick LaRocca, 1957
Contained contents of Folders 7 and 8. Postmarked October 1, 1957. -
Folder 11: Brochure for "new course": The organization and development of the high school stage band
Original and photocopy. -
Folder 12: Copy of letter from Bob Rogers
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Folder 13: Hall's name tag, "past president," and "hall of fame" ribbons from 1993 meeting of the International Association of Jazz Educators in San Antonio, 1993 January
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Folder 14: Selmer ad featuring Gene Hall; business card
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Folder 15: Letter from president of College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA, 1975 April 16
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Folder 16: Photocopy of guest list, 1948 May 8
Two sets of paper of different sizes -- unclear if they are for the same event. -
Folder 17: Jazz Educators Journal, 1993 Spring
Pages 38-40: "Gene Hall: In His Own Words," by Michael Cogswell.
Magazine and typed copy of article in file.
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Folder 18: Memorial tributes and related documents
Includes biography of Hall and seating list for event in his honor, letters of tribute or condolence (arranged in alphabetical order), obituaries, and funeral and concert programs. -
Folder 19: "The Guitar in the Stage Band," by Dr. M. E. Hall, 1965 June 15
In the Stage Band Directors' Newsletter, "a service of Down Beat magazine for music educators." -
Folder 20: Set of photocopies, encyclopedia entries on music by Gene Hall, 1955-1967
Two sets of copies. -
Folder 21: Stage Band Techniques, by Dr. M.E. (Gene) Hall, 1965
Conductor / teacher's manual. San Antonio: Southern Music Company. 2 copies. -
Folder 22: Stage Band Techniques, by Dr. M.E. (Gene) Hall, 1965
Part books for C, B-flat, E-flat, bass clef instruments, piano, guitar, drums. -
Folder 23: B. Miller, dissertation, 1979
Ph.D., Michigan State University. -
Folder 24: Scores for 3-horn band arrangements - "Red book"
Found with other items in this box. Standard jazz and popular tunes, some marked for revision. See also: Series 2, Boxes 2 and 3. -
Folder 25: Concert and event programs
Includes 1951 Jazz Frolic, 1957 and 1959 Laboratory Dance Band concerts, 1987 Homecoming Dance/Concert. -
Folder 26: Gene Hall, dissertation: "The development of North Texas State College, 1890-1949", 1954
Doctor of Education, New York University. -
Folder 27: Textbook: Showalter's New Harmony and Composition, Part I, by A.J. Showalter, 1896
Published by the A.J. Showalter Co., Dalton, GA, and the Showalter-Patton Co., Dallas, TX. -
Item 28: University of North Texas Oral History Collection Number 840: Interview with Gene Hall, 1991 February 9, 14, 18, 19
Interview conducted by Michael Cogswell and Ronald E. Marcello. -
Item 29: Cassette tape: "Gene Hall Service," First Baptist Church, Denton TX
Wayne Blankenship, Th. D., presiding.
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Box 2
Oversized materials found with items in Box 1.-
Item 1: Oversized copies of newspaper clippings from Nick LaRocca
See also: Box 1, Folders 7, 8, 9. -
Item 2: Don Gillis: Bronc Bust
Fourth movement of Gillis' Cowtown Suite. Ozalid copy of manuscript score. -
Folder 3: Photos
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Item 1: Gene Hall at American College Jazz Festival, 1972 September
Physical Description: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white. -
Item 2: Gene Hall with two others at American College Jazz Festival, Kennedy Center, 1972 September
Physical Description: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white. -
Item 3: Gene Hall directing first Lab Band (Laboratory Dance Band), 1948
Physical Description: 8 x 10 inches, black and white. -
Item 4: Gene Hall on alto saxophone with Lab Band at Jazz Frolic, 1952
Physical Description: 8 x 10 inches, black and white. -
Item 5: Overhead photo of Hall and band
Physical Description: 8 x 10 inches, black and white. -
Item 6: Vocal quintet with band
Physical Description: 8 x 10 inches, black and white. -
Item 7: Gene Hall on clarinet with Dixieland group, circa 1951
Physical Description: 8 x 10 inches, black and white. -
Item 8: Male vocalist with Hall and band
Physical Description: 8 x 10 inches, black and white. -
Item 9: Pat McCracken, Hall, and band
Physical Description: 8 x 10 inches, black and white. -
Item 10: Jazz Frolic, Leon Breeden on clarinet
Physical Description: 8 x 10 inches, black and white. -
Item 11: Gene Hall, Matt Betton, John Roberts at National Association for Jazz Education conference in Kansas City, 1981
Includes trophy described in Series 3.Physical Description: 8 x 10 inches, color. -
Item 12: Gene Hall with Leon McAuliffe and Darrell Holt, 1981 June 18
Physical Description: 8 x 10 inches, color. -
Item 13: Gene Hall speaking to a group of students
Physical Description: 5.5 x 4.75 inches, black and white -
Item 14: Gene Hall speaking to a group of students, with Leon Breeden and Stan Kenton sitting behind him
Appears to be same event as Item 13.Physical Description: 5.5 x 4.75 inches, black and white. -
Item 15: Portrait of Gene Hall
Physical Description: 5 x 7 inches, black and white. -
Item 16: Copy of photo: Aces of Collegeland band directed by Floyd Graham
Physical Description: 9 x 6.25 inches, black and white.
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Folder 4: Master's thesis: "The development of a curriculum for the teaching of dance music at a college level", 1944 August
Master of Arts.
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Box 3
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Folder 1: Newspaper clippings
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Folder 2: Denton Record-Chronicle feature "Steppin Out"
Includes "A Tribute to Gene Hall." One laminated cover and two full copies. -
Folder 3: Scrapbook: "Gene Hall on the Ball"
Primarily newspaper clippings, with some photos. -
Folder 4: Envelope, "family memorabilia"
Only document found inside was an invitation to the 1987 NTSU Alumni AwardsDinner.
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Series 2: Band books
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Box 1: "Two-Horn Book"
Six volumes of parts for jazz standards, arranged by instrument for a band consisting of two horns and a rhythm section. -
Box 2: "Three-Horn Book"
8 volumes of jazz standards, arranged by instrument, for an ensemble consisting of three horns and a rhythm section. This box contains books for different combinations of horns: "alto (tenor)," "tenor (alto)," "tenor (trombone)," "trombone (tenor), and trumpet. -
Box 3: "Three-Horn Book," continued; lead sheets
Rhythm section books for three-horn ensemble, and separate set of lead sheets for B-flat (two books) and bass clef instruments. -
Box 4: Lead sheets for C and E-flat instruments; "Tenor Band Book," alto, alto (tenor), tenor, trombone (tenor)
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Box 5: "Tenor Band Book," piano, bass drums; "Big" books: alto 1, 2, tenor 1
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Box 6: "Big" books: tenor 2, trumpets 1, 5, trombone
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Box 7: "Big" books: piano, bass, drums
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Box 8: "5-horn books"
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Box 9: Stock arrangements
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Folder 1: Inventory of titles
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Folder 2: Saxophone 1 (alto 1)
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Folder 3: Saxophone 2 (tenor 1)
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Folder 4: Saxophone 3 (alto 2)
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Folder 5: Saxophone 4 (tenor 2)
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Folder 6: Saxophone 5 (baritone)
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Folder 7: Trumpet 1
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Folder 8: Trumpet 2
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Folder 9: Trumpet 3
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Folder 10: Trombone 1
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Folder 11: Trombone 2
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Folder 12: Trombone 3
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Folder 13: Violins
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Box 10: Stock arrangements
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Folder 1: Piano
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Folder 3: Bass
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Folder 4: Drums
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Series 3: Realia
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Item 1: Trophy, National Association of Jazz Educators Hall of Fame, 1981 January
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Series 4: January 2018 accrual
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Box 1
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Item 1: Lab Band 1949-51-53, 1949 May 20; 1950; 1953
North Texas Lab Band 1949: Flamingo, Danny Boy, Begin the Beguine, Talk of the Town - We'll Be Together Again, Embraceable You, Blue Skies - Theme, Where or When.
Lab Band 1950: Laura, Swanee River, P.S. I Love You, Ain't Misbehavin', Streets of Laredo, Four of a Kind, And the Angels Sing, Yesterdays, Tea for Two, Tiger Rag.
Lab Band 1953: Stompin at the Savoy (trumpet solo, Gene Murray, tenor saxophone solo, Phil Manning), Moonglow.
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Item 2: Lab Band 1953-1951-1954, 1953;1951;1954
Lab Band 1953: Oh, Lady Be Good (Gene Murray, arranger), Elevation (Frank Todd), Oh, Lady Be Good, Stompin' at the Savoy (Phil Manning), Serene Moods (Rocky Hampton, arranger), I Cover the Waterfront, She's Funny That Way (Dan Alexander), Yesterdays (Phil Manning), Blue Moon Mambo, Harping on a Harp (Pat McCracken), Slaughter on 10th Avenue.
1951: She's Funny That Way ("Harold Grogan?"), Poinciana ("Leslie Repace?").
1954: Skullduggery, Extemporaneously Speaking.
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Item 3: Lab Band 1954?, 1954
No other information on container. -
Item 4: Denton Jazz Festival with Jimmy Giuffre, 1956 April 17
7.5 IPS dual track copy from masters. Spine label says 1957. -
Item 5: 1957 Jazz - Reel 1, Big Band, 1957 April 16
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Item 6: 1957 Jazz - Reel 2 - Small Band and Guests, 1957 April 16
Toddlin', Poinciana, Woodchopper's Ball - Frank Todd, Euel Box, Marshall Head, Aldon Graham, Paul Guerrero. I Found a New Baby - Harvey Anderson, Tommy Loy (french horn), Paul Guerrero, Bob Rober. (Program also lists Jerry Harmon, Ralph Pittman, George Mosse). -
Item 7: Dr. M.E. Hall and the Chain Gang - Arthur Godfrey Show, 1957 September 30
3-inch reel -
Item 8: 1958 Denton Concert, 1958
Name of Conrad Baska on reverse side. -
Item 9: Jazz Concert - Vol. I Lab Band A, Lab Band B, 1959
Recorded in Denton, 1959 Jazz Festival. Lab Band A: Pedestrian, A Foggy Day, Nobody's Heart. Lab Band B: Three Dee, Opus III, Pequod. -
Item 10: Volume II - Denton 1959 Jazz Concert
Combos: Euel Box: Mood Indigo, Carioca. Lanny Steele: The Nearness of You, Says My Heart. Jody Lyons: Jeepers Creepers, For All We Know. -
Item 11: Jazz Concert - 1959 - Volume III - Lab Band A, 1959
I'm Beginning to See the Light (Jody Lyons), Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Vino for Doris, Too Marvelous for Words, Relaxin' (part). -
Item 12: 1959 Lab Band with Buddy De Franco, 1959 March 7
Lab Band: Easy to Love, A Foggy Day, Too Marvelous For Words, Nobody's Heart, Gower Street, Hey There.
Lab Band with Buddy DeFranco: Heat Wave, Can't Help Lovin' That Man, Almost Like Being in Love, The Gulf Coast, The Great Lakes, Stardust ("other side of tape), Stompin' At the Savoy, Now's The Time.
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Item 13: Denton Jazz Festival, 1959
Side 1: Lab A: The Pedestrian, A Foggy Day, Gil Not Bill, Nobody's Heart.
Lab B: Three Dee, Opus III. Lanny Steele: The Nearness of You.
Side 2, Lab B: Pequod. Lanny Steele: Says My Heart.
Lab A: There Will Never Be Another You, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Vino for Doris, Too Marvelous for Words, Hey There, Jeepers Creepers (Jody Lyons).
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Item 14: Stan Kenton Camp, 1960 - Final Performance, 1960 August 19
Sam Donahue, John La Porta (listed twice), North Texas State College Band. -
Item 15: Michigan State University Band, 1962 December 5-inch reel.
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Item 16: Folkways Jazz, Volume I; II - The South; The Blues
Tape dub. -
Item 17: Folkways Jazz, Volume II; IV; V - The Blues; Jazz Singers; Chicago No. 1
Tape dub. -
Item 18: Folkways Jazz, Volume V; VI - Chicago No. 1 and 2
Tape dub. -
Item 19: Folkways Jazz, Volume VIII; IX - Big Bands Before 1935; Piano
Tape dub. -
Item 20: Folkways Jazz, Volume IX; X - Piano; Boogie Woogie - Jump - Kansas City
Tape dub. -
Item 21: Red Callender - The Lowest
Tape dub of Metro Jazz E 1007. -
Item 22: Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
Tape Dub -
Item 23: Carl Haas, March 15
No other information on container. -
Item 24: No information on container.
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Box 2
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Item 1: 10-piece band - alto saxophone 1
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Item 2: 10-piece band - tenor saxophone 1
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Item 3: 10-piece band - tenor saxophone 2
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Item 4: 10-piece band - baritone saxophone
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Item 5: 10-piece band - trumpet 1
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Item 6: 10-piece band - trumpet 2
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Item 7: 10-piece band - trombone
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Item 8: 10-piece band - piano
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Item 9: 10-piece band - bass
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Item 10: 10-piece band - drums
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Item 11: Alto saxophone 2 parts for 5-saxophone sections
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Item 12: 3-horn band - alto saxophone
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Item 13: 3-horn band - tenor/alto saxophone
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Item 14: 3-horn band - alto/tenor saxophone
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Item 15: 3-horn band - trumpet
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Item 16: 3-horn band - trombone
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Item 17: 3-horn band - chord/lead
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Item 18: 3-horn band - chord/lead
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Item 19: Published 2-horn charts
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Item 20: Published 2-horn arrangements
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Item 22: Tenor - trombone
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Item 23: Set of parts beginning with "I Walk the Line"
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Item 24: Set of parts beginning with "Artistry in Rhythm"
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Item 25: Vocal music
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Item 26: Combo orks [orchestrations]
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Item 27: Chord/lead
Also labeled for 3-horn band. -
Item 28: Chord/lead
Also labeled for 3-horn band.
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Box 3
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Folder 1: Jake's Method: The Trumpet Method of Don Jacoby
Photocopy. Denton, TX: Jockobotz Publishers. -
Folder 2: Conn Method
For guitar. Unbound pages in envelope. -
Folder 3: The Sweetest, 1992 May 23
Manuscript score in pencil for three unidentified instruments, trombone, and rhythm. Name of Red Boyd at top of page. -
Item 1: Black portfolio
Gene Hall speeches; notes for lecture on the Swing Era. -
Item 2: Yellow binder
Photocopies of published piano-vocal scores; blank guitar chord grids. -
Item 3: Blue binder: The C. G. Conn Method of Teacher Guided Self-Instruction for the Guitar, Levels 1 and 2
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Item 4: Black binder: The Professional Arranger Composer: Methods and Techniques for the Present Day Music Writer
Inscribed to Alvin by Russ Garcia. -
Item 5: Red binder: Country Music
Binder has logo of College of the Desert Roadrunners. Contents are alphabetical set of information on country musicians taken from magazines and other sources. -
Item 6: Red binder: Country Music Articles / Trivia
Spine label. -
Item 7: Blue binder: The History of Country Music
Organized in reference to tapes numbered 1-13. -
Item 8: Gray binder: Dick Hyman's Professional Chord Changes and Substitutions for 100 Tunes Every Musician Should Know
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Item 9: Gray binder: Fake Book
Some manuscript pages. -
Item 10: Gray binder: Two-horn Book, B-flat
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Item 11: Gray binder: Two-horn Book, E-flat
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Item 12: Gray binder: Two-horn Book, C
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Item 13: Black binder: Two-horn Book, C
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Item 14: Black binder: Two-horn Book, C
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Item 15: Black binder: Two-horn Book, C
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Item 16: Two blue binders
Christmas music.
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