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- 1963-2018 [photocopied material from 1946-1965] (Creation)
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0.36 m of textual records
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Prof. Chambers’ other major interest and expertise lies in jazz music. Over the years a personal love of the music has turned into a second career, writing articles and books on the history of jazz, attending conferences, etc. He has been a regular contributor to Coda, a Toronto based jazz magazine started in May 1958. Since the early 1970s he has made regular contributions of articles, and reviews. This series documents his activities in this subject area through correspondence with publishers, editors and other writers on this subject including academics and non-academics, collectors of jazz music, and others. The files may also include manuscripts of articles written by Prof. Chambers, reviews of musical recordings (mainly for Coda) assessments of other authors’ articles, etc. They are arranged in two sub groups: the first group of files are chronological, and the second consists of files by topic as indicated below. Correspondents include, among others, Bill Smith and John Norris, original owners and founders of Coda, and Jan Lohman, author of The Sound of Miles Davis – the discography 1945-1991 (1992).
Press clippings in files B2019-0038/001(06)-(09) include examples of Prof. Chambers’ writing about jazz.
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B2009-0044/007 (04-)-(08): Correspondence, 1973-1992
B2009-0044/008 (01)-(02): Correspondence, 1993-2009
B2009-0044/008 (03)-(09): Coda to Lohman, Jan
B2009-0044/009 (01)-(02): Miles Davis Conference & Schribener
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