Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Shell, Prince.
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| Notes: | The collection is open for research.
The Jazz Institute of Chicago is a non-profit organization founded in 1969 to help preserve the history of jazz in Chicago and continues to preserve that history but to also bring jazz and other types of music to new audiences through events and educational programs. Prince Shell was born in Lott, Texas, on December 31, 1928, and his family later moved to Chicago. He later attended Tennessee State University and played with the Tennessee State Collegians band. In the 1950s, he joined the Air Force and was the head arranger for its dance band. After touring in countries across the world in the 1960s, he returned to Chicago and became the house pianist for the Regal Theatre. Shell moved to Phoenix in 1971 and continued to write and perform. Prince Shell died in 2007.
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| Summary: | The Jazz Institute of Chicago Sheet Music Collection contains two handwritten arrangements by Prince Shell.
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| Cite as: | When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Jazz Institute of Chicago. Sheet Music. Collection, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
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| Cumulative Index / Finding Aids Note: | Finding aid available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637.
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