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Writings and Interviews, 1954-2003 (continued)
Autobiography with Amiri Baraka, 1978-1997
Working title: Making a way out of no way
BOX-FOLDER 51/1-7, 52/1-5 MR interviews with A. Baraka, 1995
Complete set of originals and draft revisions for seven interviews conducted between November 7 and December 11, 1995
BOX-FOLDER 52/6-12, 53/1-11 MR interviews with others, 1978-1995 and undated
Includes interviews with Dizzy Gillespie
BOX-FOLDER 53/12-13 MR lectures, 1993 and undated
Includes: "Jazz is a four letter word"
BOX-FOLDER 53/14-15, 54/1-7, 55/1-9 Draft materials and notebook, 1995-1997
Chiefly revised sections of A. Baraka's interviews with MR
Includes outlines and miscellaneous research materials
BOX-FOLDER 55/10-12, 56/1-2 Research materials, 1995-1997
Articles, citations, and scholarly papers
Topics: Dismal Swamp; Brooklyn; North Carolina, and others
Writings by Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln, 1954-2001
BOX-FOLDER 57/1-4 Articles and essays, 1963-1992 and undated
Includes: The basket case; I hate jazz; Jazz is a four letter word; Tour [Japan]
BOX-FOLDER 57/5-18 Interviews, 1954-1987
BOX-FOLDER 58/1-30 Interviews, 1988-1996
BOX-FOLDER 59/1-19 Interviews, 1997-2001 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 59/20-25 Lectures, 1976-1983, 1993
Drafts and miscellaneous notes
Includes: Jazz and drugs; Jazz is a four letter word; The political role of the African-American artist; The politics and economics of black music
BOX-FOLDER 60/1 Lyric sheets and poetry, undated
BOX-FOLDER 60/2-4 Miscellany, 1960s-1990s and undated
Chiefly notes about African Americans, civil rights, and jazz
BOX-FOLDER 60/5-8 Miscellany, 1960s-1990s and undated
BOX-FOLDER 60/9, 61/1-2 Notebooks, 1976-1994
Writings by others about Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln, 1963-2003
BOX-FOLDER 62/1 Crouch, Stanley, 1986
BOX-FOLDER 62/2 Ferencz, George, 1986-1987
BOX-FOLDER 62/3 Goldberg, Bill, 1981
MR discography
BOX-FOLDER 62/4 Holder, Laurence, 2000
BOX-FOLDER 62/5 Kofsky, Frank, undated
BOX-FOLDER 62/6 Lynch, Acklyn, 1976 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 62/7 McHennon?, Brian J., undated
BOX-FOLDER 62/8-10 Miscellaneous authors, 1963-1999
Articles, poetry for/about MR, and student papers for MR seminars
BOX-FOLDER 62/11 Monson, Ingrid, circa 1995?
BOX-FOLDER 62/13 Roach, Ayo, 1995
BOX-FOLDER 62/14 Stern, Chip, 1995-2003
BOX-FOLDER 62/15-16 Unidentified, undated
Writings by others about miscellaneous topics, 1959-1987
BOX-FOLDER 63/1-2 Abudu, Mungu Kimya [i.e. Carl Morrison]. Quiet as it's kept, 1981
BOX-FOLDER 63/3 Ahmad, Muhammad, undated
Miscellaneous essays
BOX-FOLDER 63/3 Baraka, Amiri. Primitive world: an anti-nuclear musical, 1983
BOX-FOLDER 63/5 Baraka, Amiri, 1969?, 1983, 1989 and undated
Miscellaneous works
BOX-FOLDER 63/6 Breslin, Jimmy. Queen of the leaky roof circuit, 1988
BOX-FOLDER 63/7 Dean, Philip Hayes. Paul Robeson, undated
BOX-FOLDER 63/8 Dickerson, Glenda. Jesus Christ, Lawd today!, 1971
Excerpts
BOX-FOLDER 63/9 Dodson, Owen, and others. Sound of soul, 1979
BOX-FOLDER 63/10 Dove, Pheralyn. Color in motion, 1993
BOX-FOLDER 63/11 Emeruwa, Leatrice. Black magic - anyone?, 1971?
BOX-FOLDER 63/12 Engler, Eric C. Words in a box, 1987
BOX-FOLDER 63/13 Fletcher, J.R., undated
Unidentified work
BOX-FOLDER 64/1 Gaines, J. E. Folks remembers a missing page, undated
BOX-FOLDER 64/2-3 Glover, Keith. Dancing on moonlight, 1994-1995
BOX-FOLDER 64/4 Greenlee, Sam. Be-bop man / Be-bop woman, undated
BOX-FOLDER 64/5 Greenlee, Sam. Blues for little prez, undated
BOX-FOLDER 64/6 Greenwald, Jeff. Bebop style drumming, 1996
MAPCASE FOLDER 4 Greer, Mary E. Black Music...A Might Stream of Consciousness, 1980
BOX-FOLDER 64/7 Hackett, John. The faded elegance, undated
BOX-FOLDER 65/1 Harris, Frederic. Blues in the closet, 1981
BOX-FOLDER 65/2 Hartstein, Max. Drug wars: street level, 1999
BOX-FOLDER 65/3 Heckman, Dan and Ed Gant. The original rompin' stompin' hot and heavy cool and groovy all-star jazz show, 1976
BOX-FOLDER 4 Hentoff, Nat. Out to Lunch: Dedicated to Eric Dolphy, 1990
BOX-FOLDER 65/4 Holder, Laurence. They were all gardenias, undated
BOX-FOLDER 65/5 Jackson, Frederick and Ted Koehler. Stormy weather, undated
BOX-FOLDER 65/6 Lewis, Ida, undated
Unidentified work
BOX-FOLDER 65/7 Lucas, Liliane B. The yellow suns of summertime, undated
BOX-FOLDER 66/1-2 Lynch, Acklyn. Black culture in the early forties, 1977?
Includes interviews with Betty Carter and Archie Shepp
BOX-FOLDER 66/3-4 Lynch, Acklyn, 1968-1979
Lectures and miscellaneous writings
BOX-FOLDER 66/5 McGhee-Anderson, Kathleen. Oak and ivy, 1992
BOX-FOLDER 66/6-7, 67/1-3 Miscellaneous authors, 1959-1999 and undated
Papers, poetry, and student work for 1983 MR seminar
BOX-FOLDER 67/4 Moseka, Aminata. Celebration of the arts, 1980
BOX-FOLDER 67/5 Pantin, Raoul. Avril, 1975
BOX-FOLDER 67/6 Pierson, Dale Lya. Harmonies and hell, 1988
BOX-FOLDER 67/7 Pollard, Sam, 1987
Interviews with Acklyn Lynch and Raymond Kennedy
BOX-FOLDER 68/1 Price, Robert E. Yardbird's vamp, 1986
BOX-FOLDER 68/2 Rayfiel, David and Bertrand Tavernier. Paris / jazz, 1985
BOX-FOLDER 68/3 Robinson, Jeffrey. Live Bird, 1993?
BOX-FOLDER 68/4 Sanchez, Sonia, undated
Miscellaneous poems
BOX-FOLDER 68/5 Sayles, John. City of hope, 1990
BOX-FOLDER 68/6 Schmutz, René, compiler. Drums unlimited, 1990
BOX-FOLDER 68/7 Segalia, Giuseppe. Impegno e genialita' in un protagonista del jazz moderno: Max Roach, 1980-1981
BOX-FOLDER 68/6 Simone, Nina and M. M. Pickard. Between the kets
BOX-FOLDER 68/9 Sowande, Fela. "Black folklore", undated
BOX-FOLDER 68/10 Sowande, Fela. "The role of music in African society", 1969
BOX-FOLDER 69/1 Soyinka, Wole. The lion and the jewel, undated
BOX-FOLDER 69/2 Stewart, Judy. Birdland, 1986
BOX-FOLDER 69/3 Stiefele, Werner. Bird, undated
BOX-FOLDER 69/4 Tillis, Frederick. "Examples in Afro-American music for performance and analysis", 1974
BOX-FOLDER 69/5 Tillis, Frederick. "Jazz improvisation", 1974
BOX-FOLDER 69/6 Trayce. Billie's song, 1990
BOX-FOLDER 69/7 Tricomo, Ray. Replacing the rancid pie, undated
BOX-FOLDER 69/8 Turner, Frederick. A music of the streets, undated
BOX-FOLDER 69/9 Wilson, August. King Headley II, 2000
BOX-FOLDER 69/10-11 Unidentified, undated
Short story and miscellaneous fragments
BOX 48, 70-86 Correspondence, 1950s-2000s
Personal letters, postcards, business papers, and related correspondence between Roach and various musical figures or public dignitaries. Also included is a chronological file of general correspondence, organized under "Miscellany," that provides additional documentation of Roach's activities and that of Max Roach Productions employees over a period of roughly forty years.
Chiefly arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent.
BOX-FOLDER 70/1 Abrams, Muhal Richard, 1973
BOX-FOLDER 70/2 Ackerman, Deborah, 199-?, 2001-2003
BOX-FOLDER 70/3 Acosta, Leonardo, 1989-1990
BOX-FOLDER 70/4 Adams, Janus [i.e. Janus Roach], 1971-1978
BOX-FOLDER 70/5 Ahmad, Muhammad [i.e. Max Stanford; Akbar], 1978-1981
BOX-FOLDER 70/6 Ailey, Alvin, 1988
BOX-FOLDER 70/7 Aketagawa, Shoji [i.e. "Aketa"], 1988?
BOX-FOLDER 70/8 Akiyoshi, Toshiko, 1980
BOX-FOLDER 70/9 Albert, Kurt, 1996
BOX-FOLDER 70/10 Ali, Hasaan Ibn, undated
BOX-FOLDER 70/11 Allen, Eddie, 1989-1997
BOX-FOLDER 70/12 Allen, Harry [i.e. Harold McGregor], 1987-1993
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