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and the New Orleans Jazz Commission Oral History Project
The unique core of the Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University is an oral history collection comprising approximately 2,000 reels of 1/8 inch audio tapes. These interviews with pioneer jazz musicians, family members, observers, and others comprise the most important collection of research material on the early development of jazz in New Orleans available anywhere. This extensive jazz fieldwork, begun in 1958 under the auspices of the Ford Foundation, includes both audio tapes and transcripts of the interviews, covering an informant population of about 500 individuals. In 1998, NOJNHP and the New Orleans Jazz Commission embarked upon a series of videotaped oral histories of local New Orleans legends, in an effort to continue efforts to collect and preserve the memories and oral traditions of New Orleans musicians. To date, over 50 musicians have been interviewed and videotaped by the park and the Commission. This collection of videotape interviews are available to scholars, students, and others interested in oral history research through Tulane University's Hogan Jazz Archive. Interviews include:
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