[Dixielandjazz] Interviews with early Jazz Musicians

Bill Haesler bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
Sat Nov 24 17:29:36 EST 2018


> Stan Brager <stanbrager at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I stumbled upon a website of the Rutgers University Libraries “Institute of Jazz Studies” which has taped interviews of prominent jazz musicians. Among the musicians are Charlie Barnet, Count Basie, Cozy Cole, Sunny Greer, Buddy Tate, Cootie Williams, Lester Young, Mary Lou Williams, etc. Many interviews have not yet been uploaded to the internet, but those that have would be of interest to most of us.
>  The website is:
>  https://ijsresearch.libraries.rutgers.edu/jazz-oral-history-project

Thank you Stan, I will bookmark it.
Too much listening there for busy people, but I did find a pdf link to transcriptions, that makes it much easier to absorb the information.
Cheers,
Bill.



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