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Additional authors

1. Murray, James Briggs
2. Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation.
3. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
4. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (92 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. As part of the Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project, author Sally Placksin discusses her book, "American women in jazz : 1900 to the present : their words, lives, and music." She talks about many of the artists featured in the book, including Abbey Lincoln, Melba Liston, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Mary Lou Williams, the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, and others, and discusses their role in shaping the history and development of Jazz.

Subject

1. Placksin, Sally > American women in jazz
2. Filmed interviews
3. Smith, Mamie > Influence
4. Armstrong, Lil Hardin, 1898-1971
5. Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981 > Influence
6. Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 > Influence
7. Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937 > Influence
8. Lincoln, Abbey > Influence
9. Placksin, Sally > Interviews
10. Oral histories
11. Jazz > History and criticism
12. African American musicians
13. Women jazz musicians > United States
14. International Sweethearts of Rhythm Influence
15. Liston, Melba > Influence
16. Nonfiction films

Genre/Form

1. Nonfiction films.
2. Interviews.
3. Oral histories.

Call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1134

Credits (note)

1. Produced and directed by James Briggs Murray.

Funding (note)

1. The Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project was funded by the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc.

Terms of use (note)

1. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.

Biography (note)

1. Sally Placksin (born October 6, 1948, New York City) is an award-winning non fiction writer and radio producer.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Author

1. Placksin, Sally, interviewee.

Title

1. Oral history interview with Sally Placksin / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.

Publisher

1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1996.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Digital file characteristics

1. video file DVD

Credits

1. Produced and directed by James Briggs Murray.

Performer

1. Interviewer, James Briggs Murray.

Event

1. Recorded August 28, 1996 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Terms of use

1. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.

Funding

1. The Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project was funded by the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc.

Biography

1. Sally Placksin (born October 6, 1948, New York City) is an award-winning non fiction writer and radio producer.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Murray, James Briggs, director.
2. Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.
3. Murray, James Briggs, producer.
4. Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation.
5. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
6. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Research call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1134