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21. Interview of Ernest Fleischmann (2009)

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

22. Interview of Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Length:
14 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Founding chair of the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology.

23. Interview of Robert Hurwitz

Topic:
Music
Length:
8.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
President of Nonesuch Records.

24. Interview of Regina Jones

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
12 hrs.
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Co-founder and publisher of SOUL magazine.

25. Interview of Jerry Moss

Topic:
Music
Length:
11.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Co-founder of A&M Records.

26. Interview of Anthony Seeger

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Length:
8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA distinguished professor of ethnomusicology. Director of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

27. Interview of Tom Reed

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Los Angeles disc jockey on soul radio stations during the 1960s and 1970s who was known as “the Master Blaster.” Producer and host of "For Members Only," a Los Angeles news and entertainment program directed at African Americans.

28. Interview of Robert Stevenson

Topic:
UCLA Faculty
Music
UCLA and University of California History
Length:
5.8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of musicology. Scholar of popular and indigenous music of Iberia and Latin America.

29. Interview of Masao Kodani

Topic:
Asian American History
Dance
Music
Length:
6 hours
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The Traditional Asian Arts in Southern California series focuses on both immigrants and second- or third-generation Asian Americans who have continued East Asian or Southeast Asian musical, dance, and performance traditions in Southern California. Some preserved their art form by adhering to the...
Biographical Note:
Drummer, hichiriki player, and co-founder of Kinnara, an organization dedicated to the study and performance of traditional Japanese performing arts. Minister at Senshin Buddhist temple.

30. Interview of Waewdao Sirisook

Topic:
Asian American History
Music
Dance
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The Traditional Asian Arts in Southern California series focuses on both immigrants and second- or third-generation Asian Americans who have continued East Asian or Southeast Asian musical, dance, and performance traditions in Southern California. Some preserved their art form by adhering to the...
Biographical Note:
Performer and teacher of traditional Northern Thailand dance forms. Founder of the dance company Lan Sattha.