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41. 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.

42. 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.

43. 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.

44. Interview of John Vincent

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

45. 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.

46. Interview of Manuel Compinsky

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

47. Interview of Dorothy Huttenback

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

48. Interview of Feri Roth

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

49. Interview of Pia Gilbert

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

50. Interview of David Frisina

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