Finding Aid for Donnie Heitler Sound Recordings, 1980-1982 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

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Collection Overview

Title: Donnie Heitler Sound Recordings, 1980-1982Add to your cart.

ID: 12/9/162

Primary Creator: Donnie Heitler (1936-2018)

Extent: 1.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically.

Date Acquired: 05/03/2018

Subjects: Jazz, Music - United States

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of 10-inch reel-to-reel sound recordings of Donnie Heitler, Joel Spencer, George Staley, John Campbell, Kelly Sill, and Ed Peterson performing at Nature's Table and Autumn Tree between 1980 and 1982.

Biographical Note

Donnie Heitler was born in Pekin, IL in 1936. He began piano lessons as a young boy at a school for the blind in Jacksonville, IL, where he learned to read Braille music. After attending the University of Illinois and spending some time playing professionally in Arizona and New York, he settled in Champaign, where he continued to play local venues regularly until his death in 2018, at 81 years old.

Subject/Index Terms

Jazz
Music - United States

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: David Peters

Acquisition Method: Gift

Box and Folder Listing


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Box 1Add to your cart.
Reel 1: Heitler/Woodward, March 31, 1980Add to your cart.
Reel 2: Don Heitler, Joel Spencer, and George Staley at Autumn Tree, October 1, 1981Add to your cart.
Reel 3: Don Heitler, Joel Spencer, and George Staley at Autumn Tree, October 2, 1981Add to your cart.
Reel 4: Ed Petersen, John Campbell, Kelly Sill, and Joel Spencer at Nature's Table (Second half: 1st set, October 3), October 2-3, 1981Add to your cart.
Reel 5: Nature's Table (2nd set), October 3, 1981Add to your cart.
Reel 6: Nature's Table (3rd set), October 3, 1981Add to your cart.
Reel 7: Donnie Heitler and Woody; John Campbell's Quartet at Nature's Table (1st set), October 31, 1981Add to your cart.
Reel 8: Halloween Night at Nature's Table (2nd set), October 31, 1981Add to your cart.
Reel 9: Halloween Night at Nature's Table (3rd set), October 31, 1981Add to your cart.
Reel 10: John Campbell, Kelly Sill, and Joel Spencer at Nature's Table (1st set), March 26, 1982Add to your cart.
Reel 11: John Campbell, Kelly Sill, and Joel Spencer at Nature's Table (2nd set), March 26, 1982Add to your cart.
Reel 12: John Campbell, Kelly Sill, Joel Spencer, and Ron Dewar at Nature's Table, March 27, 1982Add to your cart.
Reel 13: The John Campbell Quartet with Ed Petersen, Kelly Sill, and Joel Spencer at Nature's Table (1st set), April 17, 1982Add to your cart.
Reel 14: The John Campbell Quartet with Ed Petersen, Kelly Sill, and Joel Spencer at Nature's Table (2nd set), April 17, 1982Add to your cart.
Reel 15: The John Campbell Quartet with Ed Petersen, Kelly Sill, and Joel Spencer at Nature's Table (3rd set), April 17, 1982Add to your cart.
Reel 16: Unidentified, undatedAdd to your cart.
Reel 17: Unidentified, undatedAdd to your cart.
Reel 18: Unidentified, undatedAdd to your cart.