Musical criticism

This collection comprises press releases distributed by the Berklee College of Music Office of Media Relations, compiled press clippings about Berklee and its alumni, and news media segments about Berklee on VHS, CD, and DVD. This collection is the primary source for information about Berklee from the mid-2000s through the 2010s.

Approximately 511 issues of rare popular music periodicals compiled by Berklee College of Music's Stan Getz Library, featuring the following titles: The Broadside, Broadside (Boston), Broadside (NY), Jazz, Jazz and Pop, Jazz Quarterly, and Metronome.

Photographs, letters to the editor, and article drafts from Berklee College of Music’s alumni magazine, Berklee Today, compiled by former editor Mark Small. In addition to this collection of production records, selected published issues are available online here.

The Donald Bacon papers represent the work of journalist and photographer Donald Bacon, who documented the jazz scene in New England between 1970 and 1997. The collection includes writings, clippings, promotional material, and ephemera created and compiled by Bacon; incoming and outgoing correspondence to jazz musicians, agents, and other correspondents; photographs of musicians; and recordings of interviews with musicians and concerts on audio cassette.