Posted on February 27, 2020

We cannot contain our excitement (and neither can Al Grey), the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival is finally here! [Read More]

Posted on February 20, 2020

Conte Candoli leather jacket Conte Candoli playing trumpet [Read More]

Posted on February 19, 2020

Conte Candoli leather jacket [Read More]

Posted on February 11, 2020

Jazz Women exhibit [Read More]

Posted on January 22, 2020

The Great Performer exhibit [Read More]

Posted on January 15, 2020

Voices of Jazz [1] [Read More]

Posted on January 8, 2020

Jazz Festival sweatshirt [Read More]

Posted on May 13, 2019

Today, we lost the lovely Doris Day. Throughout her singing career, Day worked with several bandleaders, including Jimmy James, Bob Crosby, and Les Brown. In 1945, while working with Les Brown, Day recorded "Sentimental Journey" which became a hit. Above is an advertisement from a 1945 issue of music magazine,... [Read More]

Posted on April 25, 2019

Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 - June 15, 1996) [Read More]

Posted on April 11, 2019

Lionel Hampton and his dog on piano, 10 July 1946 [Read More]

Posted on February 24, 2019

Lionel Hampton with band in front of Al Hirt's New Orleans Bourbon street nightclub, 1965 [Read More]

Posted on February 22, 2019

Lionel Hampton on drums, 1950 [Read More]

Posted on February 1, 2019

University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives celebrates influential poet, playwright and author Langston Hughes on his birthday. Known for his engagement with the world of jazz and the influence it had on his writing, the International Jazz Collection Leonard Feather Collection includes photographs of Mr. Hughes as well... [Read More]

Posted on August 31, 2018

University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives remembers the legendary Aretha Franklin today as services are held celebrating her life in Detroit, Michigan. The International Jazz Collection Leonard Feather Collection includes a number of promotional photos of the singer from throughout her career. [Read More]

Posted on February 23, 2018

Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival exhibit [1] [Read More]

Posted on February 22, 2018

Lionel Hampton visits with Lapwai [Read More]

Posted on February 15, 2018

Jazz Festival Program cover [Read More]

Posted on August 31, 2017

Lionel Hampton playing the vibraphone at the University of Idaho, circa 1990 [Read More]

Posted on August 9, 2017

Gladys Hampton holding a leopard cub, circa 1950 [Read More]

Posted on April 25, 2017

Ella Fitzgerald [Read More]

Posted on February 25, 2017

Artists and Ephemeral Materials exhibit [Read More]

Posted on February 24, 2017

From the top: A class touring the Library exhibit. If you’re curious, this case holds Ella Fitzgerald’s wig, shoes, and necklace. Students examining artifacts at the Jazz Festival workshop this morning "50 Years of Jazz Told Through the UI Archives" by Erin Stoddart and Ashlyn Velte. If you missed this... [Read More]

Posted on February 22, 2017

Ted Gioia [1] [Read More]

Posted on February 17, 2017

The PDF is not rendering in your browser. Please use the link below to download the PDF. Elegant SOUL: The Life and Music of Gene Harris [Read More]

Posted on September 14, 2016

Special Collections Reading Room [Read More]

Posted on February 27, 2016

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Posted on February 26, 2016

Student winners performing at the 2001 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival.

Posted on February 26, 2016

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Posted on February 24, 2016

Welcome Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival participants and spectators! Looking forward to a great week of musical celebration. Here are more performers from the 1991 Festival: from the top Al Grey, Pete and Conte Candoli.

Posted on February 23, 2016

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Posted on February 23, 2016

Jay [Read More]

Posted on February 19, 2016

Jazz has had a long history at the University of Idaho as next week we celebrate the 49th year of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival.  Just a few years before the beginning of this epic event, the Student Union Ballroom, now the International Ballroom in the Bruce Pitman Center, was... [Read More]

Posted on February 14, 2016

I Wish You Love by Caterina Valente and Stanley Black and His OrchestraHappy Valentines Day and looking forward to the upcoming University of Idaho Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, February 24 - 27 from UI Library Special Collections and International Jazz Collections!  [Read More]

Posted on August 20, 2015

Posted on August 7, 2015

Doc Cheatham [Read More]

Posted on July 31, 2015

Ray Brown neck ties [Read More]

Posted on July 23, 2015

Summer Samba [Read More]

Posted on July 17, 2015

I just love working in Special Collections.  In randomly searching through a box of our Jane Jarvis International Jazz Collection, I found this book of sing-a-long baseball songs.  It turns out that Ms. Jarvis was the Official Organist and Musical Director of the New York Mets, and before that, for... [Read More]

Posted on July 9, 2015

Summertime [1] [Read More]

Posted on June 27, 2015

Dizzy Gillespie sunglasses [Read More]