A lifelong jazz fan, Vincent “Vinny” Pelote came to RU–Newark as a student in 1972, securing a work-study job at the Institute of Jazz Studies, an archive and library founded by famed jazz historian Marshall Stearns. At the time, the institute was little more than a basement full of boxes, growing over time into a powerhouse collection of music history. The institute, now the largest and most comprehensive jazz libraries and archives in the world, boasts a wide-ranging collection of rare and valued objects, such as Lester Young’s tenor saxophone, and is home to the Count Basie archive, featuring his home recordings, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. More.
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