Seattle Jazz Archive
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Explore oral histories of important members of Seattle’s rich jazz community. The collection includes interviews with Seattle musicians, singers and community members who performed and experienced the city’s jazz scene.
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Workers pouring concrete floor in Space Needle restaurant, ca. December 21, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76230013
Date: 1961-12-21
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Installing section of Space Needle core, ca. October 18, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69740017
Date: 1961-10-18
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Gold nugget from near Anvil Creek, Alaska, ca. 1899
Gold was first discovered at Anvil Creek in 1898 leading to a large rush in prospectors who traveled through nearby Nome, Alaska to reach the gold fields. The value for the gold, provided at $320 in 1899?would be worth $9,891.89 in 2019 dollars.
Identifier: spl_ap_00168
Date: 1899?
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Construction at base of Space Needle, ca. August 22, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69630020
Date: 1961-08-22
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Earshot Jazz, v.10, no.1, Jan. 1994
This issue begins with an announcement for the Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Awards party, page 1 by Gary Bannister. On page 1, Steve Robinson has written a spotlight biography on drummer Phil Snyder. Earshot announces its upcoming artists for the Earshot Sunday series at Jazz Alley, including the Phil Snyder Quintet, the Living Spirit Band, Human Feel, and the Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet, page 2. A performance preview for the World Saxophone Quartet is written by Gary Bannister on page 3. Joseph Murphy writes a memorial piece for the late jazz saxophonist Carter Jefferson, page 4. On page 6, Joseph Murphy reviews a live performance of the Charles Gayle Trio. Cover art consists of a photograph of Chuck Metcalf, Billy Wallace, and Ed Lee performing at the 1993 Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Award Party, and a photograph of Phil Snyder with a cymbal and brush.
Identifier: spl_ej_571712_1994_10_01
Date: 1994-01
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Workers painting Space Needle leg, ca. November 2, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_ct_151
Date: 1961-11-02
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Howard S. Wright workers and unidentified supervisors on Space Needle, ca. November 24-26, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_72740027
Date: 1961-11-24
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View up to first section of Space Needle fins, ca. October 28, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69750013
Date: 1961-10-28
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Unidentified visitors from Howard S. Wright and John Graham and Company inspecting Space Needle, ca. January 23, 1962
Identifier: spl_gg_76300003
Date: 1962-01
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