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The library is strongly supported by the
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includes recordings, interviews, and research materials on and about jazz musicians, particularly from the St Louis area. Items in the collection also include audio and videotapes, sheet music, piano rolls, photographs, and oral history materials. Included within the NRJA are the NJRA Record
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