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1. Central Avenue Sounds Oral History Project

Topic:
African American History
Jazz--California--Los Angeles--History
Central Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Music
Jazz musicians--California--Los Angeles--Interviews
Language:
English
Audio:

2. Beyond Central

Topic:
African American History
Music
Language:
English
Audio:

6. Interview of John Vincent

Topic:
Music
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Composer and UCLA professor of music.

7. Interview of Manuel Compinsky

Topic:
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Violinist, film composer, and conductor of the Los Angeles Pops Orchestra.

8. Interview of Philip Kaghan

Topic:
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Soloist and first chair violist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Film studio musician and orchestral manager.

9. Interview of Peter Yates

Topic:
Music
Length:
6.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Creator of the chamber music series “Evenings on the Roof.” Music critic for Arts and Architecture.

10. Interview of Mary Bran

Topic:
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Music manager and concert promoter.

11. Interview of David Frisina

Topic:
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Studio musician and concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

12. Interview of Johana Harris

Topic:
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Concert pianist and composer. UCLA professor of music.

13. Interview of Paul Tanner

Topic:
Music
Length:
4.65 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Trombonist and member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Inventor of the electro-theremin and UCLA lecturer of music.

14. Interview of Lilly Toch

Topic:
German Émigrés
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
German émigré. Wife of Ernst Toch, composer and film scorer.

15. Interview of Roger Wagner

Topic:
Music
Length:
7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Choral director and educator. Founder of the Roger Wagner Chorale.

16. Interview of Alvin Mills

Topic:
Music
Length:
6.3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Violinist. Music director and conductor of the Brentwood-Westwood Symphony Orchestra.

17. Interview of Dorothy Huttenback

Topic:
Music
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Piano prodigy and director of the Los Angeles Music Guild.

18. Interview of Feri Roth

Topic:
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of music and founder of the Roth String Quartet.

19. Interview of Mehli Mehta

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from India, conductor, and violinist.

20. Interview of Dorothy Warenskjold

Topic:
Music
Length:
10.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Singer with the San Francisco Opera. UCLA adjunct professor in the School of Art.

21. Interview of Lawrence Morton

Topic:
Music
Length:
17 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Musician, orchestrator, and music critic. Director of the Monday Evening Concerts and artistic director of the Ojai Music Festival.

22. Interview of Louis Kaufman

Topic:
Music
Length:
9.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Film score and concert violinist.

23. Interview of Joanna Graudan

Topic:
Music
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Concert pianist and University of Southern California professor of piano.

24. Interview of Alice Ehlers

Topic:
Music
Length:
13.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
University of Southern California professor of harpsicord.

25. Interview of Edwin Lester

Topic:
Music
Theater
Length:
30 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Founder and general director of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera.

26. Interview of Mel Powell

Topic:
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Composer and jazz pianist. California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) provost and dean of the School of Music.

27. Interview of Pia Gilbert

Topic:
Dance
Music
Length:
24.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
German émigré and UCLA professor of dance.

28. Interview of Jan Popper

Topic:
Music
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of music and director of the UCLA Opera Theater. Founder of the UCLA Opera Workshop.

29. Interview of Nicolas Slonimsky

Topic:
Music
Length:
13 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from Russia. Conductor, author, pianist, and composer.

30. Interview of Coney Woodman

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
2 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz piano player.

31. Interview of William Ernest Green

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
1.8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz saxophone, clarinet, and flute player. Music educator at the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and Arts and owner of a music education studio in Los Angeles.

32. Interview of Cecil McNeely

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
1.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz saxophone player.

33. Interview of Joseph Bihari

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
6.7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Music producer. Co-founder and co-owner of Modern Music and Independent Record Distributers.

34. Interview of Anthony Ortega

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
6.3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz woodwind player.

35. Interview of William Douglass

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
5.85 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz drummer.

36. Interview of Clora Bryant

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz trumpet player.

37. Interview of Hadda Brooks

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
5.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz pianist, vocalist, and composer.

38. Interview of Leroy Hurte

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
4.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz conductor, producer, and vocalist.

39. Interview of Minor Robinson

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
3.8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz drummer.

40. Interview of David Bryant

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz bass player.

41. Interview of John Ewing

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz trombone player.

42. Interview of Marl Young

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz piano player. Advocate for the amalgamation of the black musicians' union Local 767 and white musicians' union Local 47.

43. Interview of Clifford Solomon

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
10. 15 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz saxophone player.

44. Interview of Vi Redd

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
6.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz bandleader, vocalist, and saxophone player.

45. Interview of Harold Jackson

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
4.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz bass player.

46. Interview of James Tolbert

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
3.2 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Entertainment attorney.

47. Interview of Jackie (Kelson, John) Kelso

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
9.65 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz clarinet player.

48. Interview of Gil Bernal

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
African American History
Music
Length:
4.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz tenor saxophone player, vocalist, and bandleader.

49. Interview of Ruben Leon

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz saxophone player.

50. Interview of Rene Bloch

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
3.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz saxophone player.

51. Interview of Gerald Wiggins

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz bass and piano player.

52. Interview of Paul R. Lopez

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
2.85 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz arranger and trumpet player.

53. Interview of Art Farmer

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
2.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz fluegelhorn and trumpet player.

54. Interview of Ernie Andrews

Topic:
African American History
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz, blues, and pop singer.

55. Interview of Larance Marable

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
2.65 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz drummer.

56. Interview of Britt Woodman

Topic:
African American History
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz trombonist player. Member of the Woodman brothers, player with Charles Mingus, and member of Duke Ellington's band.

57. Interview of Lee Young

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz drummer. Advocated for the amalgamation of the black musicians' union Local 767 and white musicians' union Local 47.

58. Interview of Gerald S. Wilson

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
3.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, and trumpet player.

59. Interview of Fletcher Smith

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
2.45 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz piano player.

60. Interview of William Woodman

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
2.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player.

61. Interview of Marshal Royal

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
6.1 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
Biographical Note:
Jazz saxophone and violin player.

62. Interview of Roy Harris

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Length:
24 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Composer and educator.

65. Interview of Sven Reher

Topic:
Music
Length:
15 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Viola player, composer, and member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

66. Interview of Dorothy Kirsten

Topic:
Music
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Singer with the Metropolitan Opera.

67. Interview of Leon Levitch

Topic:
Music
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from Belgrade and World War II concentration camp survivor. Composer and pianist.

68. Interview of Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
African American History
Music
UCLA Faculty
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of ethnomusicology. Director of UCLA’s Ethnomusicology Archive.

69. Interview of Mantle Hood

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Music
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the history of UCLA's Institute of Ethnomusicology, which was founded in 1961 and dissolved in 1974.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of ethnomusicology and founding director of the UCLA Institute of Ethnomusicology.

70. Interview of Gertrude Robinson

Topic:
African American History
UCLA and University of California History
Music
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the history of UCLA's Institute of Ethnomusicology, which was founded in 1961 and dissolved in 1974.
Biographical Note:
Performer of Balinese and Javanese music and director of the ethnomusicology program at Loyola Marymount University. Graduate student in ethnomusicology during her time at UCLA.

71. Interview of Max Harrell

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Music
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the history of UCLA's Institute of Ethnomusicology, which was founded in 1961 and dissolved in 1974.
Biographical Note:
UCLA graduate student in ethnomusicology. Performer of Javanese music and director of the UCLA Balinese ensemble.

72. Interview of Ann M. Briegleb

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Music
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the history of UCLA's Institute of Ethnomusicology, which was founded in 1961 and dissolved in 1974.
Biographical Note:
Librarian for the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive.

73. Interview of Ernest Fleischmann (1999-2000)

Topic:
Music
Length:
26.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Executive director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and general director of the Hollywood Bowl.

74. Interview of J. H. Kwabena Nketia

Topic:
Music
Length:
12.7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Ethnomusicologist and composer of Ghanaese music. UCLA professor of music. Director of the University of Ghana International Centre for African Music and Dance (ICAMD).

75. Interview of Chuck Berghofer

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
6.1 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Jazz double bass player.

76. Interview of Don Preston

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
6.15 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Jazz keyboardist.

77. Interview of Henry Franklin

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
4.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Jazz double bass player.

78. Interview of Stanley Levey

Topic:
African American History
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Jazz drummer.

79. Interview of Tom Williamson

Topic:
African American History
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Jazz bass player.

80. Interview of Carl Burnett

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Latin jazz drummer.

81. Interview of Harold Land

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
6.62 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Jazz saxophone player and bandleader.

82. Interview of Larry Bunker

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and percussionist. Timpani player for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

83. Interview of Vinny Golia

Topic:
African American History
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Woodwind player and composer.

84. Interview of Roberto Miranda

Topic:
African American History
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Jazz bass player and UCLA adjunct associate professor of music.

85. Interview of Barry Hansen

Topic:
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews with individuals involved in behind-the-scenes or on-the-air presentation of rock music in Los Angeles area during its critical period of growth and importance, the 1960s and 1970s. It focuses on both the music itself and the culture that accompanied it as rock mus...
Biographical Note:
Radio broadcaster for the Los Angeles station KPPC- FM and manager of the Westwood One Radio Network. Creator of the persona Dr. Demento.

86. Interview of Bobby L. Bradford

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
12 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Cornet and trumpet player. Bandleader and composer.

87. Interview of Putter Smith

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
12.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Jazz bass player.

88. Interview of Todd Schiffman

Topic:
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews with individuals involved in behind-the-scenes or on-the-air presentation of rock music in Los Angeles area during its critical period of growth and importance, the 1960s and 1970s. It focuses on both the music itself and the culture that accompanied it as rock mus...
Biographical Note:
Booking agent and manager for popular music acts in the 1960s and '70s.