Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Sommer, Sally R.

Description

1. 2 sound cassettes (165 min.) +

Summary

1. Cassette 1 (90 min.) Mr. Slyde discusses his family; his first exposure to dance through teacher Stanley Brown; the profound influence Brown had on him including meeting great tap artists at his studio; Eddy Schoolboy Ford; the art of sliding; becoming serious about dancing; his style and its association with jazz musical styles of the same period; the connection between learning music and learning dance; swing and bebop; his act with Jimmy Mitchell; first experiences on the road; racism; Afro-Caribbean influences on dance in Miami; experimenting in various dance and musical styles; working in different parts of the country; dancers during this period; traveling to California; poverty; and Hollywood and the limited performing opportunities for tap.
2. Cassette 2 (75 min.) Mr. Slyde describes his life on the West Coast; the language of bebop; coming back east in the mid-1960's and participating in Tap happening; going to Europe as part of the Harlem Uptown All-Star Dancers; the film Adventure du jazz; his career taking off; living in Paris; teaching in Paris; recording an album; returning to the United States; the Copasetics; and his work creating performing opportunities for young dancers.

Donor/Sponsor

1. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.

Alternative title

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

Subject

1. Audiotapes > Sommer, S
2. Copasetics
3. Mitchell, Jimmy
4. Bebop dancing
5. Audiotapes > Slyde, J
6. Racism
7. Jazz
8. Brown, Stanley
9. Tap dancing
10. Hoofers (Revue)

Call number

1. *MGZMT 3-2066

Note

1. For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-2066.
2. Interviewed by Sally Sommer, August 2, 1996, at the Westside Brockton Library, Brockton, Mass.

Access (note)

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

Author

1. Slyde, Jimmy. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Jimmy Slyde [sound recording]

Imprint

1. 1996.

Local note

1. Preservation master cassettes: *MGZTCO 3-2066.
2. Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2066.
3. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2066. 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester; half-track.

Restricted access

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

Local subject

1. Bebop dancing.
2. Audiotapes -- Slyde, J.
3. Audiotapes -- Sommer, S.

Added author

1. Sommer, Sally R. Interviewer

Research call number

1. *MGZMT 3-2066 [Transcript]
2. *MGZTC 3-2066 [Cassette]