Descriptive Summary
Access
Access Restrictions
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Michael Twomey Music collection
Dates: 1945-1996
Bulk Dates: 1971-1996
Collection number: MS 161
Creator:
Twomey, Michael.
Collection Size:
2.25 linear feet
(221 cassette tapes)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Abstract: The Michael Twomey Music Collection consists of 221 cassette tapes of live music recordings of various jazz and blues musicians
in clubs and concert venues around the San Francisco Bay Area between 1971-1996. The collection includes recordings of many
significant jazz and blues figures such as Count Basie, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, John Scofield, Duke Ellington, and John Lee
Hooker. A majority of the recordings were made at J.J.’s Blues, Yoshi’s, Kimble’s, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Great American Music
Hall, Freight and Salvage, and Slim’s, all concert venues in the San Francisco Bay Area. The recordings are organized by artists’
last name, and includes concert venue, location, cassette numbers [#], and concert date.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Access Restrictions
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish from the Michael Twomey Music Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum and Library
at Oakland.
Preferred Citation
Michael Twomey Music collection, MS 161, African American Museum and Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland,
California.
Acquisition Information
Collection donated to the African American Museum and Library at Oakland by Karen Twomey on September 13, 2012.
Processing Information
Processed by Sean Heyliger, 02/28/2013.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Michael Twomey Music Collection consists of 221 cassette tapes of live music recordings of various jazz and blues musicians
in clubs and concert venues around the San Francisco Bay Area between 1971-1996. The collection includes recordings of many
significant jazz and blues figures such as Count Basie, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, John Scofield, Duke Ellington, and John Lee
Hooker. A majority of the recordings were made at J.J.’s Blues, Yoshi’s, Kimble’s, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Great American Music
Hall, Freight and Salvage, and Slim’s, all concert venues in the San Francisco Bay Area. The recordings are organized by artists’
last name, and includes concert venue, location, cassette numbers [#], and concert date.
Arrangement
Series I. Cassette tapes
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Jazz--California.
Jazz--California, Northern.
Blues (Music)--California--San Francisco Bay Area.
Live sound recordings.
Sound recordings.