New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation oral history collection

This collection includes 59 audiocassette tape interviews with 27 Louisiana-based musicians across multiple genres, including jazz, zydeco, classical, R&B, and Mardi Gras Indian traditions. The collection was formed out of a project funded by NOJHF and coordinated by Tom Dent from 1983-1988. The Foundation donated the collection to Amistad prior to the formation of its own archives.

Interviewees include Placide Adams, Alvin Alcorn, Morris Ardoin, Danny Barker, Alvin Batiste, Harold Battiste, James Black, Germaine Bazzle, Clifton Chenier, Gregory Davis, Roger Dickerson, Henry Dudley, Leroy Jones, Kidd Jordan, David Lastie, Roger Lewis, Ellis Marsalis, Willie Metcalf, Allison “Tootie” Montana, Cyril Neville, Walter Payton, Herlin Riley, Gregory Stafford, Alvin "Red" Tyler, Walter Washington, Michael White, and Chester Zardis.

Transcripts are present for many of the interviews.