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Grand lady of piano jazz : oral history transcript / 1994.
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Grand lady of piano jazz : oral history transcript / 1994Creator/Contributor:
Teagarden, Norma, 1911-1996, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
McFadden, Cyra.Creator/Contributor:
Unsworth, Marilyn.Creator/Contributor:
Crawford, Caroline (Caroline Cooley), interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Teagarden, Irene, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Teagarden, LaNora, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Grubbs, Mary, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Teagarden discusses her family history and early childhood in Texas and Oklahoma; jazz in the twenties and thirties in New
York and the Southwest; touring in Hollywood during wartime; jazz greats, women's bands, life in northern California, Dixieland
festivals, thoughts on volunteer service. Includes joint interview with Irene Teagarden, LaNora Teagarden, and Mary Grubbs.
Comprise performances of piano music of Teagarden's most popular numbers from 1944 to 1982. Classified as Phonotape 2857 C:1-2.
Date:
1994 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caPianists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
Jazz musicians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
Jazz -- Interviews
Musiciens de jazz -- Californie -- Los Angeles -- Entretiens
Jazz
Jazz musicians
Pianists
California -- Los Angeles
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Norma Teagarden ; with introductions by Cyra McFadden and Marilyn Unsworth ; interviews conducted by Caroline Crawford 1992-1994.
Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as Phonotape 2754 C:1-7.
Also available online.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library. Duplicate transcript.
Type:
Interviews.Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 v. (vi, 128 p.) : facsims., ports. ; 29 cm.
9 cassette tapes.
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.