American music magazine, DownBeat, was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. The publication devoted to “jazz, blues and beyond” recently completed digitization of its entire collection of magazines dating back to the 1st issue in 1934. Along with the magazines, DownBeat held a treasure trove of vintage photographs covering the biggest stars in jazz music. The photographs capture the entire careers of artists such as Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Harry Belefonte, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Ray Charles, Dizzie Gillespie, and the “Chairman of the Board”, Frank Sinatra.
DownBeat
Media & Entertainment / Legacy Archives
About the Project
Media & Entertainment / Legacy Archives
Services
- Archival Organization & Preservation
- Slide and Negative Digitization
- Photograph Organization and Digitization
- Magazine Digitization
- Enhanced Image Metadata Tagging
