Patti Bown lectures at the University of Connecticut.
Dates
- 1974 - 1989
Creator
- Bown, Patti (Person)
Summary
Composer, singer, and pianist Patti Bown delivered 6 lectures at the University of Connecticut. She spoke on 10/1/1974 (2015-0002/RR106), 1/26/1982 (2015-0002/RR107), 1/21/1986 (2015-0002/RR108), 4/7/1987 (2015-0002/RR109), 1/26/1988 (2015-0002/RR110), 11/7/1989 (2015-0002/AC5).
AC 5 Patti Bown (jazz pianist) describes her compositions and performs them on the piano. Conrad Johnson (architect) was supposed to speak, but was unable to make it.
Biographical / Historical
Composer, singer, and jazz and classical pianist Patricia (Patti) Bown was born in Seattle, Washington on July 26, 1931. After studying music in Seattle, moved to New York in the 1950s. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Bown played, toured, recorded with Joe Benjamin and Ed Shaughnessy, Quincy Jones, Gene Ammons, James Moody, Oliver Nelson, Illinois Jacquet, and the Joes Newman Jazz Interactions Orchestra as well as served as music director for Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughan. In 1959, she recorded an album as its leader, Patti Bown Plays Big Piano. In the 1980s, Bown played in nightclubs and shows in New York, and multiple jazz festivals.
Bown sang and wrote much of her own material, although Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Kenny Burrell also performed her works. Bown died on March 16, 2008 in Media, Pennsylvania.
[Grove Music Online, June 11, 2009 / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_Bown / https://www.npr.org/2017/07/28/539974678/patti-bown-on-piano-jazz / https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/patti-bown-76-lit-up-seattles-early-jazz-scene/]
Extent
5 Reels (Magnetic tape audio recordings) : RR 106 Recording run time Side A-01:06:13, Side B-0:11:26; tape speed 3¾ IPS; track position ½-Track Mono; Substrate: Polyester. The run time of the digital recording is 1:17:35. The digital recordings have been merged for ease of listening. RR 107 Recording run time Side A-01:25:35; tape speed 3¾ IPS; track position ½-Track Mono; Substrate: Polyester. RR 108 Recording run time Side A-01:31:35; tape speed 3¾ IPS; track position ½-Track Mono; Substrate: Polyester. RR 109 Recording run time Side A-01:24:12; tape speed 3¾ IPS; track position ½-Track Mono; Substrate: Polyester. RR 110 Recording run time Side A-01:26:54; tape speed 3¾ IPS; track position ½-Track Mono; Substrate: Polyester.
1 Cassettes (Audio cassette tape recording ) : AC 5 Recording run time SideA-0:48:49, Side B-0:37:16. The run time of the digital recording is 1:26:00. The digital recordings have been merged for ease of listening.
Existence and Location of Originals
Original audio recordings reside in the University of Connecticut, Black Experience in the Arts Collection, Archives & Special Collections, UConn Library.
- African American composers Subject Source: Fast
- African American musicians Subject Source: Fast
- African American women singers Subject Source: Fast
- African Americans Subject Source: Fast
- African Americans in popular culture Subject Source: Fast
- Black Experience in the Arts Course (University of Connecticut) -- Sound recordings Subject Source: Local sources
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library Repository
University of Connecticut Library
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Storrs Connecticut 06269-1205 USA US
860-486-2524
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