For preservation reasons, original analog
and digital media may not be read or played back in the
reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media
but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog
audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality
standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests
are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note,
the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks
to as long as several months and there may be financial costs
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The Princeton University Jazz Ensemble Recordings contain primarily digitized audio recordings (raw and edited) of performances, web captures of the Ensemble's public wiki, and scant organizational records of the Ensemble from its inception in the mid-1990s to the early 1990s. Also included in the collection are digitized recordings dating back to the 1940s from other student jazz bands and individuals at Princeton, including Stan Rubin, Sons of Bix, Prospective Sound, and Princeton 8-Balls. These materials were collected, digitized, and assembled in the 2010s by alumni members of the Ensemble in an effort to preserve the legacy of jazz on the campus.
The organizational records of the Ensemble are PDF scans of concert photos, articles, posters, concert programs, rosters, tickets, advertisements, and correspondence. These records also contain audio and transcripts of interviews with alumni conducted in 2015 during Reunions.
Please note that dates associated with each folder reflect the dates that materials were digitized, not the date of the original record itself. Dates of original recordings can often be found embedded within the files themselves.
The collection retains its original order.
The collection is open for research use. Due to size constraints, researchers seeking access to this collection's digitized content should contact the University Archives through the
This collection contains records created and used on computing devices. Researchers are responsible for meeting the technical requirements needed to access these materials, including any and all hardware and software.
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to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited
and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the
The records were transferred to the University Archives in March of 2017 (AR.2017.016).
No materials were separated from the collection.
Princeton University Jazz Ensemble Records, Folder and File Name, Princeton University Archives, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
This collection was processed by Jarrett M. Drake in 2017. Finding aid written by Jarrett M. Drake in 2017.
The Princeton University Jazz Ensemble was a student-run jazz and swing band founded in the fall of 1974 by Gary Getz (Class of 1976) and Eva Lerner-Lam (Class of 1976). The Ensemble, whose first director was Mark Reboul (Class of 1977), formed independent of the University's Department of Music and remained so for much of its history. After more than two decades as a student-ran organization, the Ensemble was subsumed by the Department.
The College of New Jersey was initially chartered in 1746. The first classes were held in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in the parsonage of the president, the Reverend Jonathan Dickinson. Upon his death, the College moved to Newark, New Jersey, and was headed by the Reverend Aaron Burr, Sr. Since 1756, the College has been located in Princeton, New Jersey. For the first fifty years, nearly all College operations took place within Nassau Hall. Fires, fundraising difficulties, low student enrollment, and the Civil War challenged the vitality of the College in the early and middle nineteenth century, but the College grew vigorously under the leadership of President James McCosh, and it was renamed Princeton University in 1896. The Graduate School was established in 1900, although a limited graduate program had existed since the 1870s. Princeton enthusiastically supported the country (living up to its informal motto, "Princeton in the Nation's Service") during the First and Second World Wars, offering the expertise of faculty and campus space for training, as well as facilitating the early graduation of students so they could enlist. The post-World War II years brought dramatic changes to Princeton. The size and strength of the University's facilities and academic programs—especially for the applied sciences and public policy—were increased dramatically. Under President Robert Goheen, Princeton began to admit minority students in greater numbers in the 1960s and admitted women undergraduates in 1969. Today, Princeton is widely regarded as one of the top universities in the world.
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This website consists of digitized audio recordings of public concerts or privately issued records of the Princeton University Jazz Ensemble. Also found on the website are images and clippings of press coverage for the group.
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This public website is intended for past members of the Princeton University Jazz Ensemble (PUJE) and allows them to contribute memories and recollections of their time with the Jazz Ensemble. The wiki contains photographs, programs, posters, tickets, advertisements, reviews, and rosters.