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(Yankee) Pat Traditional Jazz Collection
ARS.0219
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Title: Pat Yankee Traditional Jazz Collection
Identifier/Call Number: ARS.0219
Physical Description:
15 Linear Feet
10 boxes.
Date (inclusive): 1953-2016
Abstract: This collection contains recorded
sound, photographs, music scores, promotional material, awards and other materials relating
to the career of American jazz and blues singer Pat Yankee dating from 1953-2016.
Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of
intended use. Contact the Archive of Recorded Sound for assistance.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Pat Yankee Traditional Jazz Collection was acquired by the Stanford Archive of Recorded
Sound from Pat Yankee in 2020.
This collection is organized into four series: Sound recordings, Music scores, Promotional
material and ephemera and Photographs.
Pat Yankee (1927- ) is an American jazz and blues singer and songwriter. Yankee began
performing at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco at thirteen and was touring as a teen
with the Ted Lewis review and Milt Britton Comedy Band. She is the recipient of the Bay Area
Critics Award for Best Female in a Musical for her performance in "To Bessie, With Love,"
and has been a recording artist with record lables RCA, Roulette and GHB.
Yankee frequently collaborated with San Francisco based jazz trombonist and bandleadeer
Turk Murphy starting in 1958 when she joined the Turk Murphy band. Together they performed
in music venues Easy Street, the Italian Village, Earthquake McGoon's and the New Orleans
Room in the Fairmont Hotel.
Pat Yankee Traditional Jazz Collection (ARS.0219). Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA.
This collection contains sound and moving image media, music scores, photographs, a
scrapbook, promotional materials and other ephemera relating to the musical career of jazz
singer Pat Yankee dating from 1953-2016.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head Librarian, Archive of Recorded Sound, Braun Music
Center, Stanford, California 94305. Consent is given on behalf of the Archive of Recorded
Sound as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s)
or assigns.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Jazz musicians
Musical performances
Jazz -- United States.
San Francisco.