This archiving, which was originally intended to be a simple backup of documents related to a passion for the Great Jazz or Swing Dance Orchestras, has been transformed into a global image, very incomplete and subjective of the first half of the 20th century.
This, without any pretensions. I do not have the qualifications of a historian, a musicologist, or a specialist of whatever order. Initially therefore, it is a backup and a grouping of audio archives, relating to Big Bands U.S. Then came the one, about European Big Bands.
In order to understand the development and importance of these in their time, came the need to grasp the global, historical, cultural and socio-economic context of this period. Almost impossible task, in front of the diversity of countries, completely different. Hence a subjective choice, dictated for a more marked interest for some, and by the personal documentation already in my possession. Accumulated documentation as part of my illustrator profession.
I think all this work should not end up in the trash, and it could serve as a basis for a project.