Edward Beach Collection, 1940-1975 Span: 1940-1975 Bulk: 1950-1975 English collection 5 ft. 9 boxes Edward Beach was the host of "Just Jazz," a well-known radio program in New York City that ran from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s. Broadcast over station WRVR, a not-for-profit station operated by New York City's Riverside Church, "Just Jazz" featured a single artist on each show and was hailed by musicians and jazz aficionados as one of the finest radio shows in the area devoted to jazz. Beach became well-known for his extensive knowledge of jazz music and musicians. The "Just Jazz" show ceased production when the radio station was sold in 1976. The collection consists exclusively of photographs and other iconography of musicians, primarily jazz musicians, although a few notable figures from other musical and artistic disciplines are also represented. Photographs and other iconography of jazz musicians. Edward Beach Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress Beach Iconography collection of jazz radio host Edward Beach. Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site. Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply. Jazz musicians--Portraits Armstrong, Louis Basie, Count Beach, Edward Beiderbecke, Bix Britten, Benjamin Carter, Benny Coltrane, John Davis, Miles Delius, Frederick Eldridge, Roy Ellington, Duke Evans, Bill Gillespie, Dizzy Goodman, Benny Hawkins, Coleman Hindemith, Paul Hodges, Johnny Holiday, Billie Janácek, Leos Jones, Hank Martinu, Bohuslav Milhaud, Darius Mingus, Charles Monk, Thelonious Nijinsky, Vaslav Orff, Carl Prokofiev, Serge Ravel, Maurice Shostakovich, Dmitrii Smith, Bessie Szymanowski, Karol Teagarden, Jack Vaughan Williams, Ralph Young, Lester Art Tatum Trio ML31.B45 Performing Arts Encyclopedia scdb Music Division, Library of Congress http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu007001 IHAS 110125 loc.natlib.scdb.200033850