Len Kunstadt

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Leonard Kunstadt (1925- April 24, 1996) was a scholar of jazz and blues music and co-authored (with Sam Charters) Jazz - A History of the New York Scene. He founded the journal 'Record Research' in the late 1950s, devoted to documenting the recording sessions of historic jazz and blues recordings. Kunstadt continued as editor and publisher of the magazine until the year of his death^[1].

In 2001 he posthumously received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the ARSC (Association for Recorded Sound Collections).

Kunstadt's papers and archival research were donated to the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University.

Kunstadt was the companion of Victoria Spivey, and together they created Spivey Records in 1960. He managed the label after her death in 1976.

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• ARSC Lifetime Achievement Awards

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• Victoria Spivey Archives, including papers of Spivey Records, 1960-1976, Emory University Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
• Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers Univesity Libraries