University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION TABLE OF CONTENTS Biographical Sketch …………………………………………………………………… 2 Scope and Content …………………………………………………………………… 2 Series Notes …………………………………………………………………………… 3 Container List …………………………………………………………………… 5 Series I: Scrapbooks …………………………………………………………… 5 Series II: Awards & Honors …………………………………………………… 8 Series III: Interviews …………………………………………………………… 8 Series IV: Reviews & Articles …………………………………………… 8 Series V: Photographs …………………………………………………… 13 Series VI: Brookmeyer Memorial …………………………………………… 13 Series VII: Educational Materials …………………………………………… 14 Series VIII: Correspondence …………………………………………………… 14 Series IX: Miscellaneous …………………………………………………… 22 Series X: Brookmeyer Compositions/Arrangements …………………………… 23 Addendum I …………………………………………………………………………… 28 Series I: General Business …………………………………………………… 28 Series II: Publications …………………………………………………… 32 Series III: Correspondence …………………………………………………… 33 Series IV: Miscellaneous …………………………………………………… 48 Series V: Additional Photographs …………………………………………… 50 Series VI: Media …………………………………………………………… 50 Series VII: Oversize Material …………………………………………… 51 MS275 – Ed Dix Collection 1 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and financial planner, Ed Dix was born in Kansas City in 1930. He began playing clarinet at age five, but switched to tenor sax at fourteen. While in high school, he toured the U.S. in bands styled after Glenn Miller’s. He was, himself, influenced by the playing of Lester Young, the tenor saxophonist in Count Basie’s band. For the first years of his adult life, Dix continued to tour in bands. It was Mary Ann (Dix’s wife, married 1950) who got him an audition for the Ralph Flanagan Band, with which he toured throughout the country – even playing at the Palladium. Dix also led a band of his own: The Eddie Dix Orchestra (“Music That Clicks with Dix”). Fatherhood encouraged Dix to reconsider his priorities and refocus towards his family. After a brief stint at Bendix Aviation at a time when they were making atom bombs, he began a second career as a financial planner in 1952. Eventually, he settled in Beaumont, TX, where he worked until his retirement. His musical activities resumed after retiring, performing regularly as well as recording. Dix was a lifelong friend of Bob Brookmeyer (1929-2011), another Kansas City-born jazz musician and a master composer/arranger and valve trombonist. Their friendship is well documented through their numerous letters to each other, photographs/scrapbooks, and the many big band charts that Brookmeyer wrote for the Eddie Dix Orchestra. SCOPE AND CONTENT The Ed Dix Collection was donated to the Miller Nichols Library at the University of Missouri- Kansas City by Ed Dix. The manuscript collection is housed in the Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections, while the sound recordings are held in the Marr Sound Archives. The collection contains seven boxes and is divided into ten series, which includes scrapbooks, correspondence, contracts, photographs, manuscript scores. It provides an invaluable perspective on the life and work of Bob Brookmeyer as recorded through his friendship with Dix. Many of the Brookmeyer scores in this collection were written gratis for the Eddie Dix Orchestra. For the studious jazz arranger, they are quite the treasure. An addendum to the collection was added in January of 2018. The addendum contains additional photographs, extensive correspondence between Dix and Bob Brookmeyer, as well as scores, arrangements, and materials related to the production of Dix’s albums One More Time and Full Circle. MS275 – Ed Dix Collection 2 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION SERIES NOTES SERIES I: SCRAPBOOKS Series I is in box 1, folders 1-7, and box 2, folders 1-3. It contains materials from two scrapbooks compiled by Dix. It includes photos, news clippings, and ads on Dix, Ralph Flanagan, and Brookmeyer, etc. The original scrapbooks have been dismantled to preserve their contents. The scrapbooks were scanned before their contents were removed to retain a record of how they were arranged. SERIES II: AWARDS & HONORS Series II is in box 2, folder 4. Programs, papers, and letters pertaining to Brookmeyer. SERIES III: INTERVIEWS Series III is in box 2, folder 5. Brookmeyer interviews. SERIES IV: REVIEWS & ARTICLES Series IV is contained in Box 2, Folders 6-9. Articles pertaining to Brookmeyer & Dix from the 1960s-2010s. Some are undated. SERIES V: PHOTOGRAPHS Series V is contained in Box 2, folder 10. Photos. SERIES VI: BROOKMEYER MEMORIAL Series VI is contained in Box 2, folder 11. It comprises materials related to Brookmeyer’s memorial service. Includes: email correspondence, memorial program, Dix’s eulogy for Brookmeyer. SERIES VII: EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS Series VII is contained in Box 2, folder 12. Brookmeyer’s (incomplete) composition book, draft; Rotterdam School for New Music materials; New England Conservatory materials; Brandon University. SERIES VIII: CORRESPONDENCES Series VIII is contained in Box 3, folders 1-9. 245 correspondences organized by: ‘Currents’ Column; Brookmeyer/Dix [1967-1993]; miscellaneous; Eddie Dix Orchestra; Brookmeyer/Dix 1994-2011. SERIES IX: MISCELLANEOUS Series IX is contained in Box 3a, folders 1-2. Includes part listings; Warren Durrett live broadcast script; miscellaneous photos. SERIES X: BROOKMEYER COMPOSITIONS/ARRANGEMENTS Series X is contained in Box 4, folders 1-4; box 5, folders 1-4; and box 6, folders 1-4. Music manuscripts by Bob Brookmeyer; some arranged specifically for Eddie Dix Orchestra; scores; parts. MS275 – Ed Dix Collection 3 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION ADDENDUM I: SERIES NOTES SERIES I: GENERAL BUSINESS contains invoices, expense reports, as well as documents related to the album Full Circle, The Elkhart Jazz Festival, and Harry Fox Agency. Box 7, Folders 1-6. SERIES II: PUBLICATIONS contains an assortment of both programs and articles. Box 7, Folders 7-10. SERIES III: CORRESPONDENCE contains primarily correspondence to and from Bob Brookmeyer, Arch Martin, and Maria Schneider. Box 7, Folders 11-24. SERIES IV: MISCELLANEOUS contains various documents, flyers, and memorabilia. Of note are radio scripts from Dix’s show “Jazz Matters”, Report Cards from the Conservatory of Music at Kansas City, and an essay titled “My Summer Vacation Trip”, ca. 1940. Miscellaneous is housed in Box 7, Folders 25-29. SERIES V: ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS housed in Box 7, Folders 30-34. SERIES VI: MEDIA includes a variety of hardware as well as related documents and correspondence related to those recordings. Box 7, Folders 35 and 36. SERIES VII: OVERSIZE MATERIAL contains predominantly News clips (dated/undated) and scores. Scores are separated by Complete (full score and parts), Miscellaneous Parts, and Miscellaneous Full Scores. Oversize is housed entirely in Box 8. MS275 – Ed Dix Collection 4 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description CONTAINER LIST SERIES I: SCRAPBOOKS Box Folder Description Scrapbook 1 1 1 Inside cover: photo, CD accompanying scrapbook 1. Pg. 1: photo. Pg. 2: 3 photos; 1 pg. notes. Pg. 3: photo. Pg. 4: photo. Pg. 5: photo; 1 pg. notes. Pg. 6: photo. Pg. 7: photo. Pg. 7, inserts: 3 pages. 1 compact disc, audio of Ed Dix commenting on the scrapbook. Pg. 8: photo; 1 sticky-note, copy. Pg. 9: photo. Pg. 9a: 2 photos; dix club membership card. Pg. 10: photo. 1 2 Pg. 11: photo. Pg. 12: 2 newspaper clippings. Pg. 13: Downbeat cover. Pg. 14: photo. Pg. 15: 2 photos. Matchbook. Newspaper clipping. Pg. 16: photo. Christmas Ernie Izzard postcard. 1 pg. Ernie Izzard letterhead. Pg. 17: photo. Pg. 18: 1 news [or magazine] clipping. Pg. 19: 5 photos. Pg. 20: 5 photos. 1 3 Pg. 21: 2 photos. 4 newspaper clippings. Pg. 22: 5 photos. Hotel Continental, Omar Cocktail Lounge & Bar, menu. Pla-mor Ballroom, Dix table reservation. Pg. 22, insert: Bernie Wood’s letter of payment to Dix; written on Ralph Flanagan letterhead. Pg. 23: [1965] Plaza Magazine article on The Kansas City “Kicks” Band. Pg. 24: 2 newspaper clippings. Pg. 25: Tempting Trudine ad. The Stork Supper Club ad. Orchestra Management CO., list of attractions. Pg. 26: Gale Agency, INC, list of orchestras. Pg. 27: 6 photos. Pg. 28: 3 photos. Pg. 29: 3 photos. Pg. 30: photo. MS275 – Ed Dix Collection 5 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description 1 4 Pg. 31: 6 photos. Pg. 32: 5 photos. Pg. 33: 6 photos. Pg. 34: 6 photos. Pg. 35: photo. Pg. 36: photo. 2 newspaper clippings Pg. 37: 6 photos. Pg. 37a: 6 photos. Pg. 37b: photo. Pg. 38: 6 photos. Pg. 39: 6 photos. Pg. 40: 2 photos. Flanagan postcard. 1 5 Pg. 41: photo. Pg. 42: photo. Pg. 43: photo. Pg. 44: 2 newspaper clippings. Pg. 45: 3 photos. Hollywood Palladium Star Time, Ralph Flanagan, ticket. Vine Lodge Hotel postcard. Party invitation. Pg. 46: 6 photos. Pg. 47: photo. 3 newspaper clippings. Meadowbrook, New Year’s Eve Party, brochure. Pg. 48: photo. Pg. 49: photo. Pg. 50: 2 photos.2 newspaper clippings. 1 6 Pg. 51: [1951] Ralph Flanagan, February-April itinerary. Pg. 52: [1951] Ralph Flanagan, May-June itinerary. Pg. 52, inserts: Performance contract. 7 pg. itinerary. Letter from Ralph Flanagan Orchestra to Dix. Flanagan Christmas program.2 issues, Flanagan flash.1951 House of Levittown ad. Television program. Pg. 53: photo. Pg. 54: 2 photos. Pg. 55: photo. Pg. 56: photo. Pg. 57: photo. [1988] Brookridge Country Club group picture, names. Pg. 58: 3 photos. Pg. 58, inserts: [1994] A Tribute to Warren Durrett, program. Set list. Dix speech. Overland Park Golf Course, receipt. Pg. 59: 4 pages, newspaper articles, copies. Pg. 60: 3 photos. 1 7 Pg. 61: 3 photos. Pg. 62: photo. Pg. 63: 3 photos.