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Willis Jackson Papers

Title
Willis Jackson Papers, 1955-1984.
Author
Jackson, Willis.

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Box 1Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 332 Box 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Box 2Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 332 Box 2Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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Description
2.2 lin. ft.
Summary
The Willis Jackson Papers consist principally of holograph musical compositions, mainly instrumental parts, composed and arranged by Jackson and others.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
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Genre/Form
Musical scores.
Note
  • Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
  • Phonograph records transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
Source (note)
  • Watson, James L.
Biography (note)
  • Willis "Gator Tail" Jackson, composer, arranger and saxophonist, was born in 1932 in Miami, Florida.
Processing Action (note)
  • Accessioned
  • Cataloged
Call Number
Sc MG 332
OCLC
NYPW092000018-A
Author
Jackson, Willis.
Title
Willis Jackson Papers, 1955-1984.
Biography
Willis "Gator Tail" Jackson, composer, arranger and saxophonist, was born in 1932 in Miami, Florida. He began studying the piano at age ten, then added the clarinet, and made his professional debut at age fourteen on the tenor saxophone with local bands. Jackson studied theory and harmony at Florida A & M University, and later worked and toured with Cootie Williams, Dinah Washington and Jackie Wilson, among others. He formed various groups including the Willis Jackson Organ Quartet and the Willis Jackson Orchestra and utilized a rhythm and blues sound as well as jazz. His invention, the Jackson's Gator Horn, is a saxophone used for ballads whose sound is a cross "between soprano and alto [saxophone] and French horn and clarinet." He died in 1987.
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