Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Sommer, Sally R.

Description

1. 1 sound cassette (55 min.) +

Summary

1. Mr. Strohman discusses dancing in his early childhood; his early interest in drumming; various jazz dance steps including the mess around, truckin', and the applejack; the street game skelly; the practice of "challenging" among dancers; the "midnight shows"; and the dancers and musicians who influenced his dancing.

Donor/Sponsor

1. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.

Alternative title

1. Dance Oral History Project.
2. Dance Audio Archive.

Subject

1. Drummers (Musicians)
2. Strohman, Scoby > Interviews
3. Jazz dance > Steps and figures

Call number

1. *MGZMT 3-2100

Note

1. For transcript, see; *MGZMT 3-2100.
2. Interviewed by Sally Sommer at her New York City home January 25, 1996.

Access (note)

1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Author

1. Strohman, Scoby. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Scoby Strohman [sound recording]

Imprint

1. 1996.

Local note

1. Preservation master cassette: *MGZTCO 3-2100.
2. Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2100.
3. Interview funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD)

Restricted access

1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Added author

1. Sommer, Sally R. Interviewer

Research call number

1. *MGZMT 3-2100 [Transcript]
2. *MGZTC 3-2100 [Cassette]