Jeff Place
Jeff Place is the Grammy-award-winning Archivist and Curator at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. He and Anthony Seeger were the first two full-time employees hired in 1987 when the Smithsonian acquired Folkways Records from the estate of Folkways founder Moses Asch.
Place has been involved in the compilation of more than fifty CDs of American music for Folkways. He won two Grammy Awards in 1997 for Anthology Of American Folk Music - 1997 Expanded Edition. He was Grammy-nominated for three other productions, The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988: Anthems Of The American Underground From The Pages Of Broadside Magazine, , and Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection.
Discography
Folkways: The Original Vision, Smithsonian/Folkways 40001, 1989. National Association of Independent Record Distributors Indie Award, Honorable Mention, Historical release 1989.The Doc Watson Family, Smithsonian/Folkways 40012, 1990. National Association of Independent Record Distributors Indie Award, Honorable Mention, Historical release 1990; The Music Independent, Independent Country record of the year nominee.
Music in the Glen: The 1990 Washington Irish Festival,, Washington Irish Festival, 1990
Roots of Rhythm and Blues: A Tribute to the Robert Johnson Era, Columbia 48584, 1992. Grammy Award nominee, Best Traditional Blues Recording.
Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, Smithsonian/Folkways 40029/30, 1994
Long Ways to Travel , Smithsonian/Folkways 40046, 1994. The American Folklore Society McCallum Prize winner.
That's Why We're Marching: World War II and the American Folk Song Movement Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, and the Almanac Singers, Smithsonian/Folkways 40021, 1996
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?: The Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 1 Lead Belly, Smithsonian/Folkways 40044, 1996
Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti Woody Guthrie, Smithsonian/Folkways 40060, 1996
This Land is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1, Woody Guthrie, Smithsonian/Folkways 40100, 1997.
The Bourgeois Blues: The Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 2 Lead Belly, Smithsonian/Folkways 40045, 1997.
The Anthology of American Folk Music, Smithsonian/Folkways 40090, 1997 Grammy winner- Best Historical Release; Grammy winner- Best Album Notes; Indie winner- Best Liner Notes; Indie winner- Best Historical Release
Muleskinner Blues: The Asch Recordings Vol. 2 Woody Guthrie, Smithsonian/Folkways 40101, 1997
Shout On: The Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 3 Lead Belly, Smithsonian/Folkways 40104, 1998.
Free and Equal Blues Josh White, Smithsonian/Folkways 40081, 1998
Hard Traveling: The Asch Recordings Vol. 3, Woody Guthrie, Smithsonian/Folkways 40102, 1998.
Buffalo Skinners: The Asch Recordings Vol. 4, Woody Guthrie, Smithsonian/Folkways 40103, 1999.
The Harry Smith Connection: A Live Tribute to the Anthology of American Folk Music, Various artists, Smithsonian Folkways 40085, 1998. Indie winner- Best Americana Release.
Lead Belly Sings for Children,, Lead Belly, Smithsonian/ Folkways 45047, 1999.
The Asch Recordings, Woody Guthrie, Smithsonian/Folkways 40112, 1999. Indie nominations, Best Album Notes, Best Historical.
Trouble in Mind,, 2000.
The Best of Broadside, various artists, Smithsonian/Folkways 40130, 2000. rammy nominations, Best Album notes, Best historical release. Indie nominations, Best historical release, Indie winner, Best liner notes, Best packaging.
Fast Folk: A Community of Singers and Songwriters,, Smithsonian/Folkways 40135, 2002.
Classic Bluegrass on Smithsonian Folkways,, Smithsonian Folkways 40092, 2002.
America's Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1, Pete Seeger, Smithsonian Folkways 40150, 2002
America's Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2, Pete Seeger, Smithsonian Folkways 40151, 2003
Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways 40094, 2002.
Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways 40093, 2003
Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Appleseed, 2003
Classic Maritime Music from Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways 40053, 2004
Classic Folk from Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways 40110, Smithsonian Folkways 40152, 2004
Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2,, Smithsonian Folkways 40163, 2005
Folkways: The Original Vision, revised edition, Smithsonian/Folkways 40000, 2005
Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways 40192, 2006
Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways , 2006
Down Home Saturday Night, Smithsonian Folkways 40182, 2006
America's Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4 Pete Seeger, Smithsonian Folkways 40153, 2006
Harry Smith Project, Live , Shout Factory 826663,, 2006
Classic Old-Time Fiddle from Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways 40193, 2007
If You Ain’t Got the Do-Re-Mi: Songs of Rags and Riches, 2007
America's Favorite Ballads, Vol. 5 Pete Seeger, Smithsonian Folkways 40154, 2007
America's Favorite Ballads, Pete Seeger, Smithsonian Folkways 40155, 2009
Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways 40196, 2008
Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways 40197. 2009
Rappahannock Blues John Jackson, Smithsonian Folkways 40181, 2009
Live at Bowdoin College Pete Seeger Smithsonian Folkways 40184, 2012
Classic American Ballads from Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways 40190, 2015
Classic Appalachian Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways 40198, 2009
Rising Sun Melodies, Ola Belle Reed and Family, Smithsonian Folkways 40202, 2010
Golden Kids Rules Smithsonian Folkways 45071, 2011
Classic Harmonica Blues, Smithsonian Folkways 40204, 2012
Woody at 100: The Smithsonian Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection , Smithsonian Folkways 40200, 2012
Classic African-American Songsters, , Smithsonian Folkways 40211, 2014
Down in Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection , Smithsonian Folkways 40213, 2013
Classic Banjo from Smithsonian Folkways,, Smithsonian Folkways 40209, 2013
Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Collection , Smithsonian Folkways, 40201, 2014
Classic American Ballads Smithsonian Folkways 40215, 2015
Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Centennial Collection , Smithsonian Folkways, 40225, 2019
Classic Folk Songs for Children Smithsonian Folkways 40580, 2015
Classic English and Scottish Ballads from the Frances James Child Collection Smithsonian Folkways 40218, 2017
Roll Columbia: Woody Guthrie's 26 Northwest Songs Smithsonian Folkways 40226, 2017
Lead Belly, Baby! Smithsonian Folkways 45083, 2017
Hot Jazz, Cool Blues and Hard-Hitting Songs Smithsonian Folkways 40227, 2017