Stevie Wonder has earned the title of the "Mayor of the NAMM Show" for his countless visits to the show floor over the years. He has become an important part of the music products industry not only in promoting new technologies, but in working with companies to design and improve instruments. Among the products he helped create was a synthesizer for musicians with blindness...
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Karl Denson has played the saxophone alongside Lenny Kravitz, The Rolling Stones, Jack DeJohnette, Switchfoot, and the...
Harry Casey wrote a few songs and headed into a Miami studio with the simple goal of making a dance record. He used the...
Bill Pitman was a first call studio musician in Los Angles who played on a string of hit records and award winning...
Full Interviews
This is the full length NAMM Oral History interview with Herbie Hancock, Bryan Bell, and Will Alexander, which was...
This is the full length NAMM Oral History interview with Jeff Hasselberger and Bill Kaman, which was captured on...
This is the full length NAMM Oral History interview with Eddie Kramer, which was captured on September 6, 2012. For his...
Vignettes
Band Instrument Repair Technicians are always working behind the scenes to save the day when instruments come in...
The harmonica is a free wind instrument used in several genres of music worldwide. The reeds are pre-tuned to...
Music Stores are the first glimpse into the music industry for many of us, and often ignite the passion to play. This...
About the Library & Resource Center
The NAMM Oral History program is unique, unlike any other collection in the world. The heart of the collection is the depth of its narrative that covers innovative creations, the evolution of musical instruments, the ever changing world of music retail, as well as our collective quest to improve music education around the globe. Oral History participants have come from 46 different countries, 49 U.S. states and were born between 1903 and 1988. This collection is our journal, our own way of chronicling ourselves and our community—the community we so eagerly embrace at the NAMM shows and so proudly celebrate throughout the year. This library of video interviews, now 3,000 strong and always growing, contains the story of our industry told by those who helped to shape it and have watched it expand and develop through the years.
We hope you find what you're looking for right here, but if you have any questions, please contact us at 760.438.8001 or via e-mail at dand@namm.org.