Interviews are cataloged in WorldCat, and are available on loan in DVD format, from the Hamilton College Library, via Interlibrary Loan. Please contact your local library's Interlibrary Loan department, to have them request specific items via WorldCat Resource Sharing or ALA Form.
Interested scholars and jazz enthusiasts are welcome to visit the Hamilton campus and the archive room for consultation with the director.
Interviews to Date:
* denotes two interviews
A
Michael Abene
John Abercrombie
Nat Adderley
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Rashied Ali
Don Alias
Manny Albam
Howard Alden
Harry Allen
Steve Allen
Eddie Alley
Wayne Andre
Joe Ascione
George Avakian
B
Jean Bach
Tom Baker
Arthur Baron
Dan Barrett
Billy Bauer
Germaine Bazzle
Louie Bellson
Bill Berry
Shelly Berg
Eddie Bert
Gene Bertoncini
John Best
Keter Betts
Jane Ira Bloom
Walter Booker
Joanne Brackeen
Nick Brignola
Ray Brown
Ruth Brown
Dave Brubeck
Wendell Brunious*
Ray Bryant
John Budd
John Bunch
Joe Bushkin
C
Jackie Cain
Conte Candoli
Pete Candoli
Frank Capp
Greg Caputo
Terri Lyne Carrington
Ron Carter
Bill Charlap
Doc Cheatham
Jeannie Cheatham
Jimmy Cheatham
James Chirillo
Jimmy Cobb
Buddy Collette
James Lincoln Collier
Cal Collins
Ray Conniff
Buster Cooper
Bob Cranshaw
Bill Crow
Jim Cullum
D
Helen Dance
Stanley Dance
Kenny Davern*
Charles Davis
Rusty Dedrick
Buddy DeFranco
Jerry Dodgion
Mat Domber
Joel Dorn
Ray Drummond
E
Peter Ecklund
Sweets Edison
Herb Ellis*
F
Milt Fillius, Jr.
Phil Flanigan
Bela Fleck
Frank Foster*
Panama Francis
Chico Freeman
Dave Frishberg
G
Al Gallodoro*
Jim Galloway
Terry Gibbs
Steve Gilmore
Vince Giordano
Ira Gitler
Bobby Gordon
Wycliffe Gordon
Leslie Gourse
Urbie Green
Al Grey
Henry Grimes
Marty Grosz
Onaje Allan Gumbs
H
Bob Haggart
Chico Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
Lionel Hampton
Slide Hampton
Herbie Hancock
Jake Hanna
Roland Hanna
Bob Hardaway
Jackie Harris
Bob Havens
Louis Hayes
John Heard
Skitch Henderson
Jon Hendricks*
Nat Hentoff
Milt Hinton
Mona Hinton
Holly Hofmann
Red Holloway
Bill Holman
Pug Horton
Bill Hughes
Ralph Humphrey
Dick Hyman*
I
Sonny Igoe
Keith Ingham
J
Chubby Jackson
Duffy Jackson
Phoebe Jacobs
Jon Jang
Jane Jarvis
Jerry Jerome
Bobby Johnson Jr.
Henry Johnson
Leslie Johnson
Plas Johnson
Pete Jolly
Etta Jones
Kent Jordan
Kidd Jordan
Sheila Jordan
K
Dick Katz
Stanley Kay
Orrin Keepnews
Roger Kellaway
Jon-Erik Kellso
Clyde Kerr Jr.
Rebecca Kilgore
Eiji Kitamura
Kristen Korb
Roy Kral
L
John Lamb
John LaPorta
Vince Lateano
Carmen Leggio
Tom Lellis
Jay Leonhart
Jack Lesberg
Pete Levin
John Levy
Jimmy Lewis
Ruth Lion
Eddie Locke
M
Bob Magnusson
Junior Mance
Howard Mandel
Sherrie Maricle
Eddie Marshall
George Masso
Earl May
Christian McBride
Roy McCurdy
Dave McKenna
Marian McPartland
Charles McPherson
Jay McShann
Phil Mead
Don Menza
Butch Miles
Bobby Militello
Billy Mitchell
Grover Mitchell
James Moody
Michael Moore
Lanny Morgan
Abe Most
Sam Most
Joe Muranyi
Albert Murray
David Murray
N
Marty Napoleon
Tommy Newsom
Sam Noto
Adam Nussbaum
O
Harold Ousley
Jimmy Owens
P
Lou Pallo
Jack Palmer
Dave Pell
Ken Peplowski
Houston Person*
Oscar Peterson
Flip Phillips
Bucky Pizzarelli*
John Pizzarelli, Jr.
Ed Polcer
Benny Powell*
Bernard Purdie
Q
Alvin Queen
R
Ann Rabson
Alan Raph
Leo Rayhill
Vi Redd
Dianna Reeves
Jerome Richardson
Larry Ridley
Dave Robinson
Scott Robinson
Mickey Roker
Genevieve Rose
Bob Rosengarden
Annie Ross
Roswell Rudd
S
Randy Sandke
Phil Schaap
Maria Schneider
Bob Schulz
Ed Shaughnessy*
George Shearing
Jack Sheldon
Dick Sherman
Ray Sherman
Ray Shiner
Norman Simmons*
Derek Smith
Hal Smith
Paul Smith
Lew Soloff
Fred Staton
Bob Stewart
Frank Strazzeri
Byron Stripling
Ralph Sutton
T
Lew Tabackin
Buddy Tate
Frank Tate
Billy Taylor
Joe Temperly
Clark Terry
Al Tinney
Ross Tompkins
Norris Turney
V
Allen Vache
Warren Vache
Peter Vacher
Dave Valentin
Johnny Varro
W
Dan Wall
Benny Waters
Earl Watkins
Bill Watrous
Bobby Watson
Ernie Watts
George Wein
Frank Wess
Gerald Wiggins
Bob Wilber
Joe Wilder*
Spiegle Willcox
Buster Williams
Claude Williams
Jackie Williams
Jillean Williams
Joe Williams
Gerald Wilson
Nancy Wilson
Steve Wilson
Jimmy Witherspoon
Mike Wofford
Don Wolff
Phil Woods
Jimmy Wormworth
Richard Wyands
Y
Sol Yaged
Snooky Young
Z
Denny Zeitlin
Jazz Talk
In 2005, Hamilton's Jazz Archive celebrated 10 years of collecting priceless audiovisual histories of jazz as told by musicians themselves. More...
Internationally renowned jazz clarinetist Kenny Davern was a regular visitor to campus. Each fall, Davern performed during Fallcoming with other jazz legends in an annual concert established by long-time Hamilton trustee and jazz aficionado Milt Fillius '44. View a video excerpt from a 2001 interview.
Jazz percussionist Bob Rosengarden speaks about his experiences as a television studio musician.
