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[Identification of item], Paul Jeffrey Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
The Paul Jeffrey Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2007, 2009, and 2010.
Processed by Jeremy Smith, George Lam, and Zeke Graves, August 2010.
Encoded by Jeremy Smith and George Lam, August 2010.
Accessions 2007-1067, 2009-0078, and 2010-0016 are described in this finding aid.
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Paul H. Jeffrey (b. April 8, 1933) is a saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator. After completing a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Ithaca College in 1955, Jeffrey went on to pursue a successful professional music career. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Jeffrey toured the U.S. with blues and jazz musicians including Wynonie Harris, B.B. King, Illinois Jacquet, and Elmo Hope. He then spent much of the 1960s working with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, the Count Basie Orchestra, and others, while also releasing several recordings as a leader beginning in 1968. Jeffrey enjoyed lasting associations with both Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus for much of the 1970s, working as a saxophonist and arranger for many of their recordings during that time.
Beginning in the 1970s, Jeffrey also enjoyed a prolific career in education, serving on the music faculties at the University of Hartford, Rutgers University, Jersey City State College, and others. In 1983, he joined the Duke University music faculty as Artist in Residence and Director of Jazz Studies, a position he held until his retirement in 2003. Jeffrey is currently Professor of the Practice Emeritus in Duke University's Department of Music.
The Paul Jeffrey Papers span the dates 1969 to 2006. The papers have as their focal point nearly 1,400 manuscript scores and parts that Jeffrey composed or arranged for big band jazz ensemble, primarily for the Duke Jazz Ensemble. The papers also include photographs, posters, and other written records of Jeffrey's musical career since the 1960s. There are additionally over 500 hours of concert and studio recordings in a number of audio and moving image formats that date since the 1960s. These formats include audiocassettes, open reel audio tapes, compact discs, digital audio tapes, long-playing records, VHS, and Hi-8 video cassettes. The collection is arranged into the following five series: Correspondence, Promotional Material, and Festival Records; Photographs and Posters; Audio and Moving Image Materials; Music Manuscripts; and Oversize Music Manuscripts. Audio and Moving Image Materials are arranged by format, and Music Manuscripts are arranged alphabetically. Acquired as a part of the Jazz Archive at Duke University.
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
Written materials related primarily to Jeffrey's tenure as Director of Jazz Studies at Duke University, though also including material detailing Jeffrey's performing career prior to Duke. See Box 4 for related posters.
Chiefly correspondence between Jeffrey and various Duke administrators regarding Jeffrey's teaching and jazz programming.
Clippings, rehearsal schedules, brochures, correspondence, advertisements, press kits, and contracts relating to visiting jazz artists for the annual concert series of the Duke Jazz Ensemble.
Clippings, correspondence, and advertisements related to Jeffrey's studio recordings and various performances from the 1970s through the 1990s, including directing the jazz ensembles at the Aspen Music Ensemble, the McDonald's All-American High School Band, and touring with the Newark Boys School.
Clippings, correspondence, and advertisements related to the festival.
Miscellaneous clippings and correspondence related to the lives and careers of Coltrane and Chapin. See also labeled video cassettes in Box 13 for Chapin memorial.
Programs, instrument clinic syllabi, contracts, receipts, press releases, scrapbooks, and photographs related to the festival.
Programs, clippings, correspondence, institute proposal, and Monk obituary.
Photographic prints and oversize posters, most of which are related to files in Series I. Of note are the photos of Jeffrey with Thelonious Monk in Box 3, including one signed by Monk, and other signed publicity photos by Jimmy Heath, Lionel Hampton, Christian McBride, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, and others.
Contains audio and moving image materials in a variety of formats, including open reel audio tapes, audiocassettes, LPs, compact discs, digital audio tapes, VHS videocassettes, and Hi8. Materials are chiefly related to Jeffrey's time as director of the jazz programs at Rutgers and at Duke, including recordings of the Duke Jazz Ensemble, of visiting jazz musicians, and of various performances by Paul Jeffrey. Jeffrey's associations with the Aspen Music Festival and the North Carolina Umbria Jazz Festival are also documented. Additionally, the series contains commercial audio recordings (CDs and LPs) featuring Paul Jeffrey as a sideman or as a leader.
Arranged by format (audio cassettes, long-playing records, etc), and further subdivided into subject groupings. Original titles are retained.
Chiefly master classes and concerts from Jeffrey's time at Hartford, Rutgers, and Duke. Includes recordings of concerts by Paul Jeffrey, Chevy Chase, Sonny Stitt, Lionel Hampton, Wynton Marsalis, and Sam Rivers.
Chiefly recordings of Duke Jazz Ensemble concerts in 1998-1999. Some tapes unlabeled and undated.
Includes "Reflections on the Monk Institute"
Includes the Thomas Chapin memorial concert.
Includes concerts by Lou Donaldson, Frank Morgan, Bud Shank, Buddy Rich, Alvin Baptiste, and Cassandra Wilson.
Includes concerts by Curtis Fuller, McCoy Tyner, Ralph Peterson, Paul Jeffrey, and the Italian All-Stars.
Includes concerts by John Hicks, Gary Bartz, Sonny Rollins, Michael Sloter, Frank Morgan, and Marie Sharp.
Recordings of Paul Jeffrey concerts and Duke Jazz Ensemble concerts.
Includes concerts with guest musicians Ralph Peterson, Antoine Roney, Curtis Fuller, Walter Bishop, and Barry Harris.
Quarter-inch tape, on 5, 7, and 10 1/2 inch reels. Chiefly containing Rutgers Livingston Jazz Ensemble Concerts from 1980 and 1981, with some reels unlabeled or labeled "rehearsal," "practice," or "octet."
Unless otherwise noted, all reels require digital use copies to be made prior to their use.
Includes concerts by the Duke Jazz Ensemble, Paul Jeffrey, and Herbie Hancock at the North Carolina Umbria Jazz Festival.
Concert by Paul Jeffrey.
Concerts by the Duke Jazz Ensemble and Terri Lyne Carrington at Duke.
Approximately 800 compositions for jazz ensemble, including both published and unpublished materials. This series contains a substantial collection of Jeffrey's compositions and arrangements for the Duke University Jazz Ensemble, including works written for both standard big band instrumentation as well as non-standard instrumentations. It additionally contains commercially published compositions and other miscellaneous manuscripts.
The series consists chiefly of instrumental parts organized by composition title, with different versions and copies of the same composition grouped together. Most of the materials are undated. Includes hand-written manuscripts, photocopies, and manuscripts produced on a laser printer. Many are unbound; please handle carefully and keep pages in their original order.
Series also includes six boxes of miscellaneous instrumental parts organized alphabetically by title, placed at the end of the series.
Approximately 540 compositions for jazz ensemble, including both published and unpublished materials. This series contains a substantial collection of Jeffrey's compositions and arrangements for the Duke University Jazz Ensemble, including works written for both standard big band instrumentation as well as non-standard instrumentations. It additionally contains commercially published compositions and other miscellaneous manuscripts.
The series consists chiefly of full scores organized by composition title, with different versions and copies of the same composition grouped together. Most of the materials are undated. Includes hand-written manuscripts, photocopies, and manuscripts produced on a laser printer. Many are unbound; please handle carefully and keep pages in their original order.
Series also includes seven boxes of unidentified scores and manuscript fragments, placed at the end of the series.