Saxophonists
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Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Frederick Tillis lectures at the
Digital Record
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Tillis
Dates:
1985 - 1989
Harold Ousley lectures at the University of Connecticut
Digital Record
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860691600
Dates:
1975 October 28
Jazz musician Shaib Shihab lectures at the University of Connecticut
Digital Record
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Shihab
Dates:
1986 - 1987
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
Digital Record
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860681206
Dates:
1989 October 3
Norris Turney lectures at the University of Connecticut
Digital Record
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860688117
Dates:
1973 September 11
Ousley, Harold, 1975 October 28
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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
Shihab, Sahib , 1986 - 1987
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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
Digital Record
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685512
Dates:
1978 September 19
Tillis, Frederick, 1985 - 1989
Item — Multiple Containers
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Musician, composer, performer, poet, arts advocate and administrator, director emeritus of the University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center (FAC) and co-founder and director emeritus of its Jazz in July program Frederick Tillis delivered 4 lectures. He spoke on 10/15/1985 (2015-0002/RR278), 10/7/1986 (2015-0002/RR279), 10/6/1987 (2015-0002/RR280), and 9/12/1989 (2015-0002/AC24). RR 278 Recording begins after Professor Tillis has begun talking about his childhood and his...
Dates:
1985 - 1989
Turney, Norris , 1973 September 11
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Norris Turney lectured on 9/11/1973 (2015-0002/RR290). Hale Smith introduces Norris Turney who plays reed instruments as well as the flute. Mr. Turney tells a story about a man nobody ever heard about who had a beautiful soul and loved music. Turney, primarily known as a saxophonist also played flute and clarinet, was an active performer in Ohio, Chicago, and New York City for 50 years. After playing with A.B. Townsend in Ohio, Turney toured with the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra before...
Dates:
1973 September 11
