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Jazz Greats Digital Exhibits: Count Basie, Benny Carter, Mary Lou Williams, Fats Waller
 

The musical instrument collection at the Institute of Jazz Studies includes:

Sam Jones cello
Marshall Brown left-handed trombone
Eddie Condon 4-string guitar
Pepper Adams baritone saxophone
Keg Purnell bass drum
Brad Gowans combination slide/valve trombone
Joe Newman flugelhorn
Joe Newman trumpet
Pee Wee Irwin trumpet
Don Byas tenor saxophone
Jack Teagarden trombone
Cootie Williams trumpet
Vic Dickenson trombone
Hayes Alvin bass guitars
Pee Wee Russell clarinet
Ben Webster tenor saxophone
Buck Clayton trumpet

Red Nichols cornet
Bobby Hackett cornet
George Wettling drumsticks
Sonny Payne drumsticks
Roy Eldridge trumpet
Dickie Wells trombone
Howard McGhee trumpet mouthpieces and mutes
Miles Davis trumpet
Clarence Hutchinrider clarinet
Kid Ory trumpet
Benny Carter C-melody saxophone
Tommy Benford drum set
Lester Young tenor saxophone
Rahsaan Roland Kirk straight alto saxophone
Rahsaan Roland Kirk bass recorder
Rahsaan Roland Kirk baritone saxophone

Institute of Jazz Studies
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
John Cotton Dana Library
185 University Ave.
Newark NJ USA 07102
Tel: (973) 353-5595
Fax: (973) 353-5944