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Jazz Institute of Chicago. Martin, Terry. Papers

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The Jazz Institute of Chicago Terry Martin Papers were processed and preserved as part of the "Uncovering New Chicago Archives Project," funded with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Jazz Institute of Chicago. Martin, Terry. Papers
Dates
1967-2005
Language
Documents in English
Size
3 linear feet (4 boxes)
Repository
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.
Abstract
Terry Martin, professor, jazz author, critic, and collector. Terry Martin is a Professor in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Chicago. He has been involved in the Chicago jazz scene for over five decades, including as a board member and committee chair of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, participation in the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and author of liner notes and articles. The Jazz Institute of Chicago Terry Martin Papers primarily document activities of the Jazz Institute of Chicago and other Chicago jazz events, as well as a few non-Chicago events and organizations, and contain publications, record catalogs, fliers, calendars, announcements, and other ephemera of jazz events and concerts.

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Biographical Note

Terry Martin is a professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Cellular Biology and The Cancer Research Center at the University of Chicago. He earned a Bachelor of Science at the University of Adelaide in 1961 and a Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge in 1966.

Martin has been involved in the Chicago jazz scene for over five decades. He wrote liner notes for artists such as Lennie Tristano, Sun Ra, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. He has contributed to publications including Jazz Monthly and the Art Pepper Companion. Martin also photographed the early scene of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.

Martin has been involved with the Jazz Institute of Chicago and is the chair of the Don DeMicheal Archives Committee, which helped create and grow the Chicago Jazz Archive at the University of Chicago Library.

Martin remains involved in the Jazz Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Festival.

Scope Note

The Jazz Institute of Chicago Terry Martin Papers are divided into two series: Series I, Events and Professional; and Series II, Publications and Oversize. The papers primarily document activities of the Jazz Institute of Chicago and other Chicago jazz events, including a copy of the program of the first Chicago Jazz Festival in 1979, as well as a few non-Chicago events and organizations.

Series I, Events and Professional, contains correspondence, brochures, programs, newspaper articles, and ephemera. The Jazz Institute of Chicago material includes board minutes, news releases, brochures, and event ephemera. There are fliers, broadsides, announcements, articles, and slides primarily for Chicago jazz events as well as a few non-Chicago events. Also included are brochures and other ephemera for jazz organizations and archives. The correspondence is primarily about the Jazz Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Festival.

Series II, Publications and Oversize, contains newsletters, journals, record catalogs, calendars, ephemera, and an article about Chicago jazz and the Chicago Jazz Archive.

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Series I: Events and Professional
Box 1
Folder 1
Title
The American Music Center, undated
Box 1
Folder 2
Title
Arts Midwest, 1996
Box 1
Folder 3
Title
Central Ohio Hot Jazz Society, 1990
Box 1
Folder 4
Title
"The Chicago Avant-Garde" by Terry Martin, 1968
Box 1
Folder 5
Title
Correspondence, 1987-1995
Box 1
Folder 6
Title
Events, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, 1995
Box 1
Folder 7
Title
Events, Chicago, 1988-1990
Box 1
Folder 8
Title
Events, Chicago '88 Old Style Jazz Festival, 1988
Box 1
Folder 9
Title
Events, Chicago Jazz Festival, 1979, 1987-2004
Box 1
Folder 10
Title
Events, Chicago Jazz Festival, 2008
Box 1
Folder 11
Title
Events, Chicago Jazz Festival, Slides, undated
Box 1
Folder 12
Title
Events, Jazz Institute of Chicago, 1984-2005
Box 1
Folder 13
Title
Events, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Jazz Club Tour, 1998-2004
Box 1
Folder 14
Title
Events, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Jazz Fair, 1979-2001
Box 1
Folder 15
Title
Events, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Jazzcity, 1998-2005
Box 1
Folder 16
Title
Events, Non-Chicago, 1989-2004
Box 1
Folder 17
Title
Jazz Institute of Chicago, Board Memos and Minutes, 1989-2004
Box 1
Folder 18
Title
Jazz Institute of Chicago, Brochures, undated
Box 1
Folder 19
Title
Jazz Institute of Chicago, Jazz Express, 1986-1988
Box 1
Folder 20
Title
Jazz Institute of Chicago, The Soul of Jazz, 2008
Box 1
Folder 21
Title
Louis Armstrong House and Archives, 1995-1998
Box 1
Folder 22
Title
Moving Music Network, undated
Box 2
Folder 1
Title
Museum of Broadcast Communications Archives, undated
Box 2
Folder 2
Title
News Releases, 1987-2004
Box 2
Folder 3
Title
Newspaper Articles, 1987-2004
Box 2
Folder 4
Title
Newspaper Articles, Chicago Jazz Festival, 1987-1989
Box 2
Folder 5
Title
Photograph, Maurice McIntyre, 1967
Box 2
Folder 6
Title
Photograph, undated
Series II: Publications
Box 2
Folder 7
Title
Arbors Records, 1994-1997
Box 2
Folder 8
Title
Avant, 1993
Box 2
Folder 9
Title
The Chicago Jazz Bulletin, 1987, 1990
Box 2
Folder 10
Title
Chicago Jazz Magazine, 2003
Box 2
Folder 11
Title
Down Beat, 2004
Box 2
Folder 12
Title
Enja, 2004
Box 2
Folder 13
Title
The Entertainer, 1988
Box 2
Folder 14
Title
The Good Noise Jazz News, 1988-1991
Box 2
Folder 15
Title
Jazz Consumer Guide, 1988
Box 2
Folder 16
Title
The Jazz Me News, 1990
Box 2
Folder 17
Title
Jazz Notes, 2002-2005
Box 2
Folder 18
Title
Jazzbeat, 2003-2004.
Box 2
Folder 19
Title
Jazzgram, 1995-1999
Box 2
Folder 20
Title
Jazzgram, 2000-2001
Box 3
Folder 1
Title
Jazzgram, 2002-2003
Box 3
Folder 2
Title
Jazzgram, 2004-2005
Box 3
Folder 3
Title
Jazzletter, 1993-1994
Box 3
Folder 4
Title
Knitting Factory, 2000
Box 3
Folder 5
Title
Mosaic Records, 2004
Box 3
Folder 6
Title
NJSO Journal, 1990
Box 3
Folder 7
Title
"Notes to You," Iliana Club of Traditional Jazz, 1989-2001
Box 3
Folder 8
Title
Premonition Records, undated
Box 3
Folder 9
Title
Rhythm and News, circa 2004
Box 3
Folder 10
Title
"Sound News," 1996
Box 3
Folder 11
Title
Southend Musicworks, 1987-1989
Box 3
Folder 12
Title
Starr-Gennett Foundation, 2003
Box 4
Folder 1
Title
All About Jazz, 2004
Box 4
Folder 2
Title
"All That Chicago Jazz, and Then Some…," 1986
Box 4
Folder 3
Title
Arts Midwest Jazz Calendar, 1990-1991
Box 4
Folder 4
Title
Chicago Jazz & Blues News, 1988
Box 4
Folder 5
Title
Chicago Jazz Festival, 2004
Box 4
Folder 6
Title
The Chicago Musicale, 1986
Box 4
Folder 7
Title
Delmark Records, undated
Box 4
Folder 8
Title
Events, Chicago, 1989, 1995
Box 4
Folder 9
Title
Jam Sessions, 1986-1988
Box 4
Folder 10
Title
Joslin's Jazz Journal, 1997
Box 4
Folder 11
Title
"Will Ken Nordine: A Visit With Mr. Voice in His Edgewater Mansion of Toys" by Adam Langer, 1990