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. . . And All That Jazz Memorabilia!

By COREY KILGANNON

Published: March 1, 2005

In a basement apartment on Charlton Street in the West Village, there are eight tall file cabinets stuffed with hundreds of dog-eared manila folders. The cabinets do not look imposing or important, but they contain possibly the finest collection of jazz photos in the world.

Mr. Driggs has almost 100,000 pieces of jazz memorabilia, mostly photographs. Several hundred of them are published each year, and he was the biggest contributor of photos to Ken Burns's highly regarded television documentary chronicling the history of jazz.

Mr. Driggs has rarely displayed his collection publicly. He has never advertised, or even listed himself or his business in a phone directory. But after a half-century of diligent collecting, Mr. Driggs, 75, says he would like to devote more time to writing about jazz and practicing his trumpet. He is seeking to sell his collection and says he has approached several prominent jazz institutions, including Jazz at Lincoln Center.

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http://nytimes.com/2005/03/01/nyregion/01j...SegxqJE/+yR0bZg

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