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African American jazz musicians

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Ahmad Jamal and Eugene Redmond lecture at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685493

Bill Cole lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Cole

Byron Stripling lectures and performs at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685443

Capers, Valerie , 1973 January 30

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Classical and jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Valerie Capers lectured on 1/30/1973 (2015-0002/RR115) at the University of Connecticut. Bobby Capers and the trio opened the presentation after which Valerie spoke to the class.

Dates: 1973 January 30

Cole, Bill, 1977 - 1988

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Scope and Contents Composer and musician Bill Cole delivered 3 lectures over an 13 year period: 11/15/1977 (2015-0002/RR120), 3/31/1987 (2015-0002/RR121), and 3/29/1988 (2015-0002/RR122).RR 120 Hale Smith introduces Professor Bill Cole. Cole's presentation focuses on what he does and performs his music. In the beginning the sound drops and skips but settles by the 1 minute mark.RR 121 Leon Bailey introduces and provides a description of the instruments Bill Cole plays and also...
Dates: 1977 - 1988

Harold Ousley lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860691600

Holley, Major "Mule", 1980 - 1990

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Scope and Contents Major "Mule" Holley (July 10, 1924 – October 25, 1990), American jazz upright bassist, delivered 5 lectures. He spoke to the course on 1/22/1980 (2015-0002/RR181), 2/3/1981 (2015-0002/RR182), 2/2/1982 (2015-0002/RR183), 9/20/1983 (2015-0002/RR184), and 2/6/1990 (2015-0002/AC9). AC 9 Major "Mule" Holley (bassist) discusses his travels to the Soviet Union for the United Nations and plays some video and audio clips for the audience.RR 181 Edward O'Connor reviews...
Dates: 1980 - 1990

Jamal, Ahmad and Eugene Redmond, 1974 March 19

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Scope and Contents Composer Ahmad Jamal and poet Eugene Redmond delivered a lecture on 3/19/1974 (2015-0002/RR187). Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones, July 2, 1930) is an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator. For six decades, he has been one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. Eugene B. Redmond (born December 1, 1937, St. Louis) is an American poet, and academic. His poetry is closely connected to the Black Arts Movement and the city of East St. Louis, Illinois....
Dates: 1974 March 19

James Newton lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860691250

Jazz musician Shaib Shihab lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Shihab

Kyner, Sylvester "Sonny Red", 1978 September 19

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Saxophonist Sylvester Kyner (also known as Sonny Red) spoke to the Black Experience in the Arts course on 9/19/1978 (2015-0002/RR207). Introduced by Hale Smith (who spells it K-I-N-E-R, Sonny Red spoke about the music he's been playing, the scene, plays music, and answers questions from the class.

Dates: 1978 September 19

Liston, Melba, 1973 September 25, 1982 November 9

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Scope and Contents Composer and jazz trombonist Melba Liston delivered 2 lectures. Liston spoke 1st on 9/25/1973 (2015-0002/RR218) and again on 11/9/1982 2015-0002/RR219). Melba Doretta Liston (January 13, 1926 – April 23, 1999) was an American jazz trombonist, arranger, and composer. Other than those playing in all-female bands she was the first woman trombonist to play in big bands during the 1940s and 1960s, but as her career progressed she became better known as an arranger,[1] particularly in...
Dates: 1973 September 25, 1982 November 9

Major "Mule" Holley lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Holley

Melba Liston lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Liston

Najee, 1989 October 3

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Saxophonist and flute player Najee lectured on 10/3/1989 (2015-0002/AC13).

Dates: 1989 October 3

Najee lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860681206

Newton, James, 1983 September 13

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Scope and Contents Composer, conductor, and flutist James Newton lectured on 9/13/1983 (2015-0002/RR237). Newton is primarily known as a classical and jazz flautist. Although being multi-instrumental during his childhood and early adult years, Newton began to focus more directly on the flute and eventually earned a BA in music from California State University, Los Angeles in 1980. Throughout the 1970s, Newton played in various jazz ensembles, recorded, and toured across Europe and the US. Starting...
Dates: 1983 September 13

Ousley, Harold, 1975 October 28

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Scope and Contents Saxophonist and flutist Harold Ousely lectured on 10/28/1975 (2015-0002/RR240). Ousley was an active jazz saxophonist from the 1940s-1990s. Early in his career professional career, Ousley accompanied Billie Holiday and later went on to play in various circus and jazz bands from 1949-1956, where in 1952 he was a member of Sun Ra’s band. Throughout the 1950s, Ousley appeared on numerous records with King Kolax, and Danny Overbea. Throughout the remainder of his long career, Ousley played with...
Dates: 1975 October 28

Richard Mayhew lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Mayhew

Sempangi, F. Kefa and Leonard Goines, 1975 March 25

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Scope and Contents Artist, author and minister Kefa Sempangi and jass musician and professor Leonard Goines lectured together on 3/25/1975 (2015-0002/RR265). Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Ugandan artist Kefa Sempangi’s (b. 1939, Uganda) practice spanned surrealist portraiture, abstract painting, found object assemblages and cast bronze.Goines holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, Columbia University, The New School, and Harvard University. He has taught at New York...
Dates: 1975 March 25

Shihab, Sahib , 1986 - 1987

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Scope and Contents Jazz saxophonist and flutist Sahib Shihab (birth name Edmund Gregory) delivered 2 lectures. He spoke on 9/9/1986 (2015-0002/RR266) and 9/1/1987 (2015-0002/RR267). Born Edmund Gregory, he changed his name to Sahib Shihab in 1946 after converting to Islam. Having an active performing and recording career in the US throughout the 1940s and 1950s, Shihab had the opportunity to play with Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Buddy Johnson, Tadd Dameron, Lucky Thompson, Dizzy Gillespie, Illinois Jacquet,...
Dates: 1986 - 1987

Sonny Red lectures and performs at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685512

Stripling, Byron, 1990 April 24

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Leon Bailey introduces Mr. Stripling. Byron Stripling talks about his joy of music, especially Black music. Stripling also performs several pieces. Trumpeter Byron Stripling lectured on 4/24/1990 (2015-0002/AC23).

Dates: 1990 April 24

Valerie Capers lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685464