Gillis, Frank
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Name (Latin)
Gillis, Frank
Other forms of name
Gillis, Frank J
Date of birth
1914-08-20
Date of death
1999-09-17
Field of activity
Jazz
Occupation
Archivists
Authors
College teachers
Editors
Ethnomusicologists
Jazz musicians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- 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)
- His Ethnomusicology and folk music: an international bibliography ... 1966.
- His Fidgety feet and other jazz classics [SR] c1981:container (b. 1914 in Toronto)