Bales (Burt) Collection, 1937-1992

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Summary

Title:
Burt Bales Collection
Dates:
1937-1992
Creators:
Bales, Burt
Abstract:
The Burt Bales Collection consists of unpublished recordings on audiocassettes, open reel tapes, and transcription discs featuring the jazz pianist, Burt Bales (1917-1989). Also included are correspondence, photographs, festival and concert programs, logbooks, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Burt Bales from the late 1930's to after his death in 1989.
Extent:
4.25 Linear Feet (4) box(es)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Burt Bales Collection ARS-0198. Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

The Burt Bales Collection consists of materials documenting the life and work of the jazz pianist Burt Bales. Materials include photographs, negatives, price lists and logbooks, festival and concert programs, jazz society newsletters, correspondence, audio recordings, and newspaper clippings.

There are number of letters from jazz trumpeter Bunk Johnson to Burt Bales.

Biographical / historical:

Burt Bales was a jazz solo and band pianist. Bales was born April 20, 1917 in Stevensville, Montana. In 1925 he and his family moved Marin County, California. Bales began playing professional jazz piano while in high school. He played with Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band, he also played with Bunk Johnson, Turk Murphy, Bob Scobey, Paul Lingle, Dick Oxtot, Bob Mielke, Vince Cattolica, and others. Burt Bales enlisted in the army in 1943 but was soon discharged due to myopia. In 1954 Bales started playing a semi-regular appearance at Pier 23 in San Francisco. From that point on he performed primarily as a soloist. Bales died October 26, 1989 in San Francisco.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into three series:

Series I: Documents Series II: Photographs Series III: Audio recordings

The collection is in original order.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Gurudarshan Khalsa
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-03-14 09:49:17 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

Burt Bales Collection ARS-0198. Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA.

Location of this collection:
Braun Music Center, 541 Lasuen Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-3076, US
Contact:
(650) 723-9312
soundarchive@stanford.edu
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