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Obit: Frank Driggs RIP September 2011
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Subject: Obit: Frank Driggs RIP September 2011 From: GUEST,Mary Katherine Date: 22 Sep 11 - 01:33 AM Jazz producer, historian Frank Driggs dies at 81 (AP) – 3 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) — Frank Driggs, a music historian and producer who amassed a world-class archive of more than 100,000 jazz-related images, has died. He was 81. Friend and co-worker Donna Ranieri told The Associated Press that Driggs was found dead in his Manhattan home on Tuesday. She says he died of natural causes. A 1952 Princeton University graduate, Driggs became enamored with jazz and swing while listening to late-night broadcasts in the 1930s. He later joined Marshall Stearns, founder of the Rutgers University-based Institute of Jazz Studies, and began documenting jazz history. Driggs produced numerous recordings, including Columbia Records' "Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings." He received a Grammy for it in 1991. Driggs also co-published "Black Beauty, White Heat," a pictorial history of classic jazz culled from his vast collection. Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. |
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