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ARS.0199
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Title: Don Kinch Collection
Creator:
Kinch, Don
Identifier/Call Number: ARS.0199
Physical Description:
1 box(es)
1 box [1 linear feet]
Date (inclusive): 1971-1980
Abstract: The Don Kinch
Collection consists of 26 open reel audio recordings of jazz musician Don Kinch.
The Don Kinch Collection consists of 26 open reel 1/4" tapes of audio recordings. The
recordings are from 1971-1980 and include performances by Don Kinch's Conductors Ragtime
Band (Don Kinch, Bud Gerlach, Chris Tyle, Bob Brewer, Jim Goodwin, Axel Tyle, Hal Smith, Al
Barrows, Mike Duffy), Jim Beatty, Turk Murphy, Meryl Conger's Tavern Troubadours (Meryl
Conger, Harold Koster, Bob Pettingill, Axel Tyle, Chris Tyle), and the Original Chicago Jazz
Devils, and others.
Don Kinch was born May 14, 1917 in Kelso, Washington. During his musical career he worked
with the Castle Jazz Band, the Turk Murphy Jazz Band, the Firehouse Five Plus Two, and Don
Kinch's Conductors Ragtime Band. Throughout his career he played a variety of instruments:
violin, trumpet, string bass, tuba, and helicon. In the 1970s he moved to Portland, Oregon
and operated a musical instrument repair business. Don Kinch died June 28, 2011 in Portland,
Oregon.
Original order has been maintained as closely as possible.
Don Kinch Collection, ARS-0199. Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, CA.
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.
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
Jazz musicians
Ragtime music.
Dixieland music
Murphy, Turk
Conductors Ragtime Band