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By Katie Nichols
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Collection Overview
Title: Donnie Heitler Sound Recordings, 1980-1982
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
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Source:
David Peters
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[
Box 1],
[All]
- Box 1
- Reel 1: Heitler/Woodward, March 31, 1980
- Reel 2: Don Heitler, Joel Spencer, and George Staley at Autumn Tree, October 1, 1981
- Reel 3: Don Heitler, Joel Spencer, and George Staley at Autumn Tree, October 2, 1981
- Reel 4: Ed Petersen, John Campbell, Kelly Sill, and Joel Spencer at Nature's Table (Second half: 1st set, October 3), October 2-3, 1981
- Reel 5: Nature's Table (2nd set), October 3, 1981
- Reel 6: Nature's Table (3rd set), October 3, 1981
- Reel 7: Donnie Heitler and Woody; John Campbell's Quartet at Nature's Table (1st set), October 31, 1981
- Reel 8: Halloween Night at Nature's Table (2nd set), October 31, 1981
- Reel 9: Halloween Night at Nature's Table (3rd set), October 31, 1981
- Reel 10: John Campbell, Kelly Sill, and Joel Spencer at Nature's Table (1st set), March 26, 1982
- Reel 11: John Campbell, Kelly Sill, and Joel Spencer at Nature's Table (2nd set), March 26, 1982
- Reel 12: John Campbell, Kelly Sill, Joel Spencer, and Ron Dewar at Nature's Table, March 27, 1982
- Reel 13: The John Campbell Quartet with Ed Petersen, Kelly Sill, and Joel Spencer at Nature's Table (1st set), April 17, 1982
- Reel 14: The John Campbell Quartet with Ed Petersen, Kelly Sill, and Joel Spencer at Nature's Table (2nd set), April 17, 1982
- Reel 15: The John Campbell Quartet with Ed Petersen, Kelly Sill, and Joel Spencer at Nature's Table (3rd set), April 17, 1982
- Reel 16: Unidentified, undated
- Reel 17: Unidentified, undated
- Reel 18: Unidentified, undated
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