Frank Driggs dies at 81

Frank Driggs, a music historian and producer who accumulated a global-class archive well over 100,000 jazz-related images, died of natural causes in Manhattan on Tuesday, Sept. 20. He was 81.A 1952 graduate of Princeton, Driggs grew to become enamored of jazz and swing while hearing latenight broadcasts within the nineteen thirties. He later became a member of Marshall Stearns, founding father of the Rutgers U.-based Institute of Jazz Studies, and started recording jazz history.Throughout his existence, Driggs created numerous tracks, including Columbia Records' "Robert Manley: The Entire Tracks," that he received a Grammy in 1991.Driggs also co-released "Black Beauty, Whitened Warmth," a pictorial good reputation for classic jazz culled from his from his huge collection. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com