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Russ Freeman Television Music Manuscripts (MS-00976)

Abstract

The Russ Freeman Television Music Manuscripts contains music manuscripts and production materials from Russ Freeman's work on various television specials, dating from 1969 to 1977. The collection includes music scores for television soundtracks including Feliciano! Very Special which aired on the television network NBC and Shirley MacLaine Show which aired on CBS. Russ Freeman is featured in this collection as composer and arranger for many of the soundtracks and was featured as a pianist on soundtracks for The Clifton Davis Special, Flip Wilson Specials, and The Don Rickles Show. Freeman's compositions and arrangements for the television shows were recorded in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Date

1969 to 1977

Extent

0.88 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
0.75 Linear Feet

Scope and Contents Note

The Russ Freeman Television Music Manuscripts contains music manuscripts and production materials from Russ Freeman's work on various television specials, dating from 1969 to 1977. The collection includes music scores for television soundtracks including Feliciano! Very Special which aired on the television network NBC and Shirley MacLaine Show which aired on CBS. Russ Freeman is featured in this collection as composer and arranger for many of the soundtracks and was featured as a pianist on soundtracks for The Clifton Davis Special, Flip Wilson Specials, and The Don Rickles Show. Freeman's compositions and arrangements for the television shows were recorded in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dates for each television show represent the dates that they were aired on.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Materials remain in original order.

Biographical / Historical Note

Russ (Russell Donald) Freeman was a bebop and cool jazz pianist and composer, well-known among jazz musicians, and a frequent collaborator with some of the most famous musicians in the genre like Chet Baker, Andre Previn, and Shelly Manne. Freeman worked as a music director, arranger, and composer for television shows in the latter part of his career. His compositions and arrangements for television shows were recorded in Las Vegas, Nevada and Freeman was often the pianist for some of the shows. Freeman retired from playing piano in 1982 and in 1987 retired from the music scene all together. Freeman died in Las Vegas on July 27, 2002.

Source:

Cerra, Steven. “Russ Freeman - Part 1.” Accessed November 01, 2019. http://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2016/11/russ-freeman-part-1.html.

Preferred Citation

Russ Freeman Television Music Manuscripts, 1969-1977. MS-00976. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were collected by the director of the Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center; subsequently the materials were transferred to the University Libraries Special Collections and Archives in 2019; accession number 2019-106.

Processing Note

In 2019, Miguel Dominguez rehoused the materials and created the finding aid in ArchivesSpace.

Resource Type

Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::MS00976

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