[78-L] Friedwald collection donated

[Michael Biel]

Will was at the Jazz Bash this weekend just at the time these postings
were made.  He didn't mention anything about this, and if I had known I
would have asked him which archives.  Not a very good article to not
have given the information that would not have required more than one
more sentence.

From: fnarf at comcast.net
> This is cool, but I'm a little sorry that the "jazz" and "popular song"
> records are being segregated. They are opposite shores of the same river,
> and out in the middle there are literally thousands, maybe half the
> collection knowing Friedwald's work, that have a good claim to being
> both. It would be especially unfortunate if all the white records went
> to Indiana and all the black ones to DC, but it's bad enough if
> museum-goers in DC get the impression that singing isn't jazz,
> or in Indiana likewise.

They're probably being split up in a way to minimize duplication to
existing collections.

> What SHOULD happen, of course, is a nuclear strike on the Copyright Industry,

What is the "Copyright Industry"?

> and ALL of this material immediately digitized to high-bit MP3

How do you propose doing this immediate digitization?????

> and released to the world so people can have an opportunity
> to understand their culture.....

Do they really give a damn?  There were several large groups of Blacks
in the hotel this weekend where the Jazz Bash was held, but the only two
Blacks I saw at the bash the entire weekend were the two guys cleaning
up the room.  If there is such a claim that this is Black Culture, why
aren't they interested in it?  (This isn't the first time this question
has been mentioned, asked, and discussed.)

Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com  





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Subject: [78-L] Friedwald collection donated

Two Music Archives To Receive Vast Harlem Record Collection
By: Stephanie Simon


A massive jazz music collection built by a local music writer and his
late father will soon head to a new music museum. NY1's Arts reporter
Stephanie Simon filed the following report.
Jazz writer and critic Will Friedwald is a pack rat dedicated to the Rat
Pack and much more 20th-century American recording artists. He has been
chronicling jazz and cabaret for years and collecting the music even
longer.

Now, he's donating his collection of about 14,000 albums to two public
archives.

"This is a collection that my dad starting putting together around 50,
60 years ago when he was a kid and I just kept going with it," says
Friedwald. "So it's just grown exponentially to the point where its just
too big for one person to have. As far as I know, it is the largest
collection of jazz and popular standards albums in New York City."

Friedwald's collection fills his East Harlem apartment from floor to
ceiling, with the all aspects of the Great American Songbook and jazz.

The jazz albums are going to an archive in Washington, D.C., but
Friedwald already has a curator's knowledge of his collection.

"As my dad used to say, it's a 'heavy record,' A record that's both good
and hard to find, he called a 'heavy record.' And this is about the
heaviest record of them all - 'The Prestidigitator,'" says Friedwald.

The popular music and show tunes are going to the Michael Feinstein
Foundation for the Preservation of the G
reat American Songbook, founded by the city composer of the same name.

"I decided to create a foundation to create a place for young people to
learn about this music," says Feinstein. "We're creating educational
programs, and concerts, and there will be a museum and an archive. And
all of this is simply to preserve what I think is the greatest music
that America ever produced."

Feinstein's music museum, which opens in Carmel, Ind. next year, will be
part of a brand new performing arts space.

After spending countless hours and dollars growing his collection,
Friedwald is glad it will be appreciated in its new homes.

"This one I looked for years is going to the the Feinstein archive, it's
the rarest Mel Tormé verb, it's a set of duets he made with Margaret
Whiting," says Freidwald.

The eclectic music collection also includes novelty albums like "Shorty
Rogers meets Tarzan," which shows the famed 1950s composer and trumpet
player in the arms of Tarzan of the Apes.

By donating his music gems, Friedwald will also tame the musical jungle
that's been growing in this apartment for years.

For more information on the Michael Feinstein Foundation for the
Preservation of the Great American Songbook, visit
michaelfeinsteinfoundation.org. 


Cary Ginell
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