Library and Archives Canada Music Section THE MOE KOFFMAN FONDS NUMERICAL LIST BY DAVID FRASER (PRINCIPAL AUTHOR) WITH CHERYL GILLARD AND NEAL JOHNSTONE GATINEAU 2007 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 5 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS......................................................................... 6 ABOUT THE FONDS ...................................................................................................... 8 DESCRIPTION OF THE FONDS ................................................................................ 13 MUS 315/A PERSONAL AND FAMILY RECORDS. ............................................ 13 MUS 315/B PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE AND ASSOCIATED MATERIAL.......................................................................................... 21 MUS 315/B1 CHRONOLOGICAL FILES .............................................................. 21 MUS 315/B2 SUBJECT AND NOMINAL FILES................................................... 28 MUS 315/C BUSINESS RECORDS........................................................................... 30 MUS 315/C1 GENERAL BUSINESS FILES........................................................... 31 MUS 315/C2 PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS FILES ......................................... 38 MUS 315/C3 FILES CONCERNING CONCERTS AND OTHER LIVE ENGAGEMENTS........................................................................................................ 43 MUS 315/C4 GEORGE’S SPAGHETTI HOUSE FILES .................................... 108 MUS 315/C5 LIVENT FILES ................................................................................. 112 MUS 315/D RECORDS CONCERNING MOE KOFFMAN PERFORMANCES AND TOURS. ................................................................................................................ 138 MUS 315/E RECORDING COMPANIES AND PROJECTS FILES .................. 141 MUS 315/F BROADCASTING PROJECTS FILES ............................................. 161 MUS 315/G COMPOSITIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS BY MOE KOFFMAN AND OTHERS, AND OTHER SHEET MUSIC ....................................................... 174 MUS 315/G1 SINGLE COMPOSITIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS ................ 174 MUS 315/G2 JAZZ QUINTET ARRANGEMENTS ............................................ 191 MUS 315/G3 ARRANGEMENTS FOR STRINGS................................................ 195 MUS 315/G4 FILES OF GROUPINGS OF COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED RECORDS.................................................................................................................. 197 MUS 315/G5 JINGLES AND OTHER COMMERCIAL MUSIC ...................... 205 MUS 315/G6 OTHER SHEET MUSIC.................................................................. 207 MUS 315/H MUSIC SOUND, VIDEO, AND FILM RECORDINGS OF MOE KOFFMAN AND OTHERS......................................................................................... 209 MUS 315/I PHOTOGRAPHY FILES, PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS, AND OTHER GRAPHIC RECORDS.................................................................................. 315 MUS 315/I1 GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL PORTRAITS WITH MOE KOFFMAN................................................................................................................. 315 MUS 315/I2 PORTRAITS OF OTHERS ............................................................... 325 MUS 315/J RECORDS CONCERNING HONOURS, AWARDS, AND TRIBUTES. ................................................................................................................ 330 MUS 315/K WRITINGS, PRINT MATTER, AND OTHER MEDIA COVERAGE CONCERNING MOE KOFFMAN. ................................................... 335 MUS 315/K1 WRITINGS BY MOE KOFFMAN ................................................. 335 MUS 315/K2 PRESS CLIPPINGS CONCERNING MOE KOFFMAN............. 336 MUS 315/K3 OTHER PRINT MATTER CONCERNING MOE KOFFMAN.. 337 MUS 315/K4 BROADCAST MEDIA COVERAGE OF MOE KOFFMAN ...... 338 3 MUS 315/L OTHER PRINT MATTER .................................................................. 347 MUS 315/M VARIA. ............................................................................................. 349 FILE INDEX ................................................................................................................. 351 4 INTRODUCTION This finding aid, which describes the fonds through the files and items that it contains, belongs in the category of numerical lists. Descriptive notes have been prepared for the overall presentation of the fonds as well as for each series. The various levels of description thus enable researchers to find the information they seek by proceeding from the general to the particular. The descriptive notes for each file include a file code, the title, the dates of creation, the type of record (textual records, sound recordings, photographs, etc.), the extent of textual records (expressed as: a number of items or folders; or as a linear quantity), the number of iconographic records, the number and duration of sound or moving image (video and film) records, a description of the contents of the file when it contains different types of records, and a section reserved for notes, containing additional information such as access restrictions and the nature of the records (original and copies); in the case of sound, film, and video recordings, the reference number is shown. For textual files which reside in multiple folders for physical and conservation reasons (e.g., extent and dimensions), the number of folders is indicated in parentheses after the linear extent or number of items. In addition to these elements, the presentations of both the fonds and the various series include a biographical sketch (fonds only), as well as comments about the scope of the records and about the arrangement of some of the series. Concerning undated records, an approximate date was attributed wherever possible, using one of the following forms: [1969?]: probable date; [ca. 1978]: approximate date; [197-]: decade known; [197-?]: decade probable. Records for which no approximate date could be attributed are marked: n.d. File numbers, which enable a quick and accurate search of the files, are constructed as follows: MUS 315/G1,110 MUS: Repository (Music Section, Library and Archives Canada) 315: Fonds (Moe Koffman fonds) G: Series (Compositions and Arrangements by Moe Koffman and Others, and Other Sheet Music) 1: Sub-series (Single compositions and arrangements) 110: File (Swingin’ Shepherd Blues / comp. Moe Koffman) The numerical list is complemented by a file index, which matches file codes with box numbers for textual records. In the index, the first two elements of the file number have been omitted for simplicity (for example, MUS 315/G1,110 becomes G1,110). The design of this finding aid is based on standards prescribed in Rules for Archival Description, prepared by the Bureau of Canadian Archivists. 5 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AF of M American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada arr. arranger b&w black and white BMI Broadcast Music, Inc. ca. circa CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CD compact disc sound recording cm centimetre(s) col. coloured comp. composer diam. diameter hr(s) hour(s) LP long-playing audio disc recording (33 1/3 revolutions per minute) m metre(s) mm millimetre(s) min. minute(s) n.d. no date NY New York State, United States of America NYC New York City, United States of America rpm revolutions per minute sec. second(s) SRC Société Radio Canada 6 TMA Toronto Musicians’ Association, Local 149 AF of M tr. translation USA United States of America 7 ABOUT THE FONDS MUS 315 MOE KOFFMAN FONDS. – 1930-2004. – 8.42 m of textual records. – 2,617 photographs : b&w and col. (some negatives, contact sheets, transparencies, and slides). – 6 drawings. – 3 paintings. – 1 watercolour. – 2 collages. – 2 prints : silkscreen. – 8 graphic reproductions. – 30 audio discs (11 hrs 6 min.). – 247 audio reels (ca. 121 hrs). – 168 audio cassettes (ca. 149 hrs) : analog and digital. – 12 audio compact discs (9 hrs 15 min.). – 39 videocassettes (39 hrs 50 min.). – 4 film reels (49 min. 51 sec.). – 1 map. – 2 medals. – 3 medallions. – 2 lapel pins. – 1 token. – 1 button. Biographical Sketch Morris Jacob (Moe) Koffman was born in Toronto on 28 December 1928, the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland. His father worked in a shoe factory before the family opened a variety store. Koffman began his musical studies on violin at the age of nine, including studies at the Hambourg Conservatory of Music. At age 13 Koffman switched to alto saxophone, with studies at the Toronto Conservatory of Music (where his teachers included Herbert Pye, clarinet, and Samuel Dolin, theory), and later in the 1940s he studied with Gordon Delamont. Koffman left school in his mid teens to pursue a career in music, playing in dance bands such as those of Horace Lapp and Leo Romanelli. Koffman was among the first Canadian jazz artists to adopt the new bebop idiom in the late 1940s, and his playing soon began to attract attention. In 1948 he was recognized as best alto saxophonist in a CBC Jazz Unlimited poll and was featured in an article in Metronome magazine. Also in 1948, Koffman made his first commercial recordings, which were in the bebop style, for the Main Stem company in nearby Buffalo, USA, accompanied by an American rhythm section. In 1950 Koffman moved to New York City, where he found work in the reed sections of several notable big bands, including those