Guide to the Don Kinch Collection ARS.0199
Gurudarshan Khalsa
Archive of Recorded Sound
2018
soundarchive@stanford.edu
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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Biographical History
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.
Arrangement
Original order has been maintained as closely as possible.
Cite as
Don Kinch Collection, ARS-0199. Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, CA.
Access
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.
Restrictions
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
Box 1, reel 3
Don Kinch at B. Elks
undated
Box 1, reel 4
Volume 43: Don Kinch rehearsal sessions
undated
Box 1, reel 5
Volume 59: Don Kinch rehearsal sessions at shop
undated
Box 1, reel 6
Volume 71: Don Kinch rehearsal sessions
June 1971
Box 1, reel 7
Volume 106: Don Kinch rehearsal sessions, Jazz Number 8, Ostrander Railway
& Timber Company, The Conductors
undated
Box 1, reel 8
Volume 109: Don Kinch rehearsal sessions, Jazz Number 16
undated
Box 1, reel 9
Volume 120: Jim Beatty
undated
Box 1, reel 10
Don Kinch rehearsal sessions
May-June
1975
Box 1, reel 11
Don Kinch rehearsal sessions
1975
Box 1, reel 12
Turk Murphy concert reel 1
March 9,
1975
Box 1, reel 13
Turk Murphy in concert, reel 2
March 9,
1975
Box 1, reel 14
Don Kinch concert
March 1975
Box 1, reel 15
Don Kinch in Concert at Reed
April 5,
1975
Box 1, reel 16
Meryl Conger's Tavern Troubadours at Barry-McAnulty's
February 14,
1976
Scope and Contents
Meryl Conger's Tavern Troubadors: Meryl Conger – cornet ; Harold Koster – piano ; Bob
Pettingill – bass ; Axel Tyle – drums ; Chris Tyle – cornet on some numbers. Recorded
February 14, 1976 at Barry-McAnulty's in Oregon City.
Box 1, reel 17
Conductors Ragtime Band at Strutters tape 1
October 16,
1976
Scope and Contents
Don Kinch and the Conductors Ragtime Band live at the Old Town Strutters Hall. Don
Kinch – bass and trumpet ; Bud Gerlach – clarinet ; Chris Tyle – cornet ; Bob Brewer –
trombone ; Jim Goodwin – piano ; Axel Tyle – drums. Sit-ins: Hal Smith – helicon and
washboard ; Al Barrows – trombone and helicon.
Box 1, reel 18
Conductors Ragtime Band at Strutters tape 2
October 16,
1976
Scope and Contents
Don Kinch and the Conductors Ragtime Band live at the Old Town Strutters Hall. Don
Kinch – bass and trumpet ; Bud Gerlach – clarinet ; Chris Tyle – cornet ; Bob Brewer –
trombone ; Jim Goodwin – piano ; Axel Tyle – drums. Sit-ins: Hal Smith – helicon and
washboard ; Al Barrows – trombone and helicon.
Box 1, reel 19
Conductors Ragtime Band at Strutters Hall
1977
Scope and Contents
Chris Tyle – cornet ; Bud Gerlach – clarinet ; Bob Brewer – trombone ; Jim Goodwin –
piano ; Don Kinch – bass ; Axel Tyle – drums ; Mike Duffy – bass.
Box 1, reel 20
Conductors Ragtime Band
1977-1980
Scope and Contents
Also includes Chris KBOO program, 1980.
Box 1, reel 21
Don Kinch and the Conductors Ragtime Band live at Old Town Strutters
Hall
undated
Scope and Contents
Air-shot.
Box 1, reel 22
Goodwin, Tyle and Smith
March 23,
1977
Scope and Contents
Jim Goodwin – piano ; Hal Smith – drums ; Chris Tyle – cornet and mellophone ; at
Goodwin's apartment.
Box 1, reel 23
Jim Goodwin at the Ramada Inn BASF
undated
Box 1, reel 24
Original Chicago Jazz Devils
undated
Box 1, reel 25
Laurelhurst Club with Paria, Jack Rhine, Rosie Piazza, Ed McDowell
undated
Box 1, reel 26
Dixieland Jubilee, TMS-114
undated
