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Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids
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| Collection |
| Title: | Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra records |
| Dates: | 1915-1979 |
| Call Number: | M31 |
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Scope and Content Note
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The records of Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra (1915-1979) document the administrative and promotional activities as well as the musical development, style, and repertoire of this pioneering swing band. The material offers insight into the history of the band and the musical careers and sensibilities of some of the band's more prominent members, including Glen Gray, Walter "Pee Wee" Hunt, Larry Wagner, and F.C. "Cork" O'Keefe.
The collection contains original musical scores and arrangements, photographs of Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra at all stages of the band's career, and newspaper clippings and scrapbooks documenting the band's performance history and reception by both critics and the public over time. Also included are audio tapes of the Orchestra's recordings and interviews with band associates, phonograph records of original recordings and cover recordings of Big Band music (conducted by Gray in his later years), videotaped interviews of former band members, promotional and biographical materials, financial records, awards and citations received by Gray and the band, and some of Gray's personal effects. |
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