Preliminary Inventory of the Thomas Chapin Papers, 1870s-1999 (bulk 1979-1999)

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Descriptive Summary

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Administrative Information

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Biographical Note

Jazz saxophonist/flutist and composer (b. 1957 d. 1998) from Connecticut. Musical director of Lionel Hampton's orchestra and then leader of and participant in other ensembles, including his own trio.

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Collection Overview

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Subject Headings

• Chapin, Thomas.
• Thomas Chapin Trio.
• Jazz.
• Music--Performance.
• Musicians--Correspondence.
• Jazz--Scores.
• Jazz musicians--United States.
• Audiotapes.
• Audio cassettes.
• Sound recordings.
• Videocassettes.
• Machine-readable records.
• Black-and-white photographs.
• Color photographs.
• Color slide.
• Contact sheets.
• Black-and-white negatives.
• Collages.
• Musical instruments.
• Scrapbooks.
• Posters.
• Scores.
• Clippings.
• Phonograph records.
• Floppy disk.
• CD-ROM.

	List of Series in Collection
		Accession 2001-0157
		Accessions 2002-0281 and 2003-0125

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Preliminary Description of Unprocessed Collection

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Materials Cataloged Separately

Glen Alyn, I Say Me for a Parable: The Oral Autobiography of Mance Lipscomb, Texas Bluesman, Da Capo Press, 1993.Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe, Miles: The Autobiography, Simon and Schuster, 1989.Vernon Frazer, Relic's Reunions, Beneath the Underground Books, 2000.Vernon Frazer, Demolition Fedora, Potes & Poets Press Inc., 2000.Vernon Frazer, Improvisations (I-XXIV), Beneath the Underground Books, 2000.Vernon Frazer, Sing Me One Song of Evolution, Echolalia Press in association with Beneath the Underground Books, 1998.Vernon Frazer, A Slick Set of Wheels, Water Row Press, 1987. [Loose materials from inside the book can be found in box 35 of accession 2001-0157 of the Thomas Chapin Papers.]Vernon Frazer, Stay Tuned to This Channel and other stories, Beneath the Underground Books, 1999.Lloyd NcNeill, Black Line, Baobab Record Company, 1983.Charles Mingus, Beneath the Underdog, Penguin Books, 1971.Herschel Silverman and Steven Dalachinsky, Intervalsss: the poems and words of musicians, Beehive Press and Sisyphus Press, 2000.

• Descriptive Summary
• Administrative Information
• Biographical Note
• Collection Overview
• Subject Headings
• Preliminary Description of Unprocessed Collection
• Materials Cataloged Separately