| LC control no. | n 82133580 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gillis, Frank |
| Variant(s) | Gillis, Frank J. |
| Birth date | 1914-08-20 |
| Death date | 1999-09-17 |
| Place of birth | Toronto (Ont.) |
| Place of death | Grand Marais (Minn.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Affiliation | Indiana University, Bloomington. Archives of Traditional Music Society for Ethnomusicology Superior Jazz Band |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Authors Ethnomusicologists Archivists College teachers Editors |
| Found in | His Ethnomusicology and folk music: an international bibliography ... 1966. His Fidgety feet and other jazz classics [SR] c1981: container (b. 1914 in Toronto) Collins, Lee. Oh, didn't he ramble, 1974: title page (Frank J. Gillis) jacket (associate director, Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University; president, Society for Ethnomusicology; jazz musician) Wikipedia, October 31, 2019 (Frank Gillis; born 20 August 1914 in Toronto; died 17 September 1999 in Grand Marais, Minnesota; American jazz pianist, ethnomusicologist and bibliographer; bachelor's degree, Wayne State University; studied musicology, specializing in ethnomusicology, Columbia University; Master of Library Science, University of Minnesota; during 1950s and 1960s, played piano regularly with Doc Evans; leader, Superior Jazz Band; associate director, 1964-1977 and director, 1977-1981, Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University; taught jazz and jazz research at the university; author of several musicological bibliographies; president, Society for Ethnomusicology, 1973-1975; editor of the journal, Ethnomusicology, 1966-1970) |
| Associated language | eng |
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