Collecting music is a complex process that demands sacrifice, but collecting and preserving it at the same time requires extreme dedication. That brings us to the formidable collection of David W. Niven, who over 70 years amassed more than a thousand hours of jazz and swing across 650 tapes and 637 GB of data, now perfectly preserved by Archive.org and, of course, freely accessible to everyone.
These days you don't have to work hard to find and listen to free music. Both YouTube and Spotify cover most of our needs. But if you're looking for older, more obscure material, you'll likely need to take other routes. One of those routes is Archive.org, which we consider the best portal for preserving all kinds of data. Console emulation, arcade machines, Apple II games, DOS viruses, Windows 3.1 shareware… the list goes on.
The largest jazz collection in the world
This time, what we find there is the personal collection of David W. Niven, a true expert who dedicated 70 years of his life to acquiring, classifying, and preserving more than a thousand hours of jazz and swing. In an extraordinary act of generosity, Niven donated his entire collection to the Foxborough High School Jazz Program, and it was subsequently archived in CD quality by Kevin J. Powers. Niven's work was not limited to compiling and identifying music; he also added personal notes in text and voice, further enriching the content of those 650 tapes.
Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington are just two of the great names we find in this collection, and we can play them directly in the browser without plugins or external players. On the other hand, you can also download the audio in formats like FLAC and Ogg Vorbis. Leave aside ultra-commercial alternatives, pick one of these files, and press Play. You'll be surprised.
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