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Interview with Jimmy Slyde
- Title
- Interview with Jimmy Slyde [sound recording]
- Author
- Slyde, Jimmy.
- Publication
- 1996.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | reel 2 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2066 [sound cassette] reel 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | reel 1 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2066 (sound cassette) reel 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Supervised use | *MGZMT 3-2066 (transcript) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sommer, Sally R.
- Description
- 2 sound cassettes (165 min.) +
- Summary
- 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.
- 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
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subjects
- Note
- For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-2066.
- Interviewed by Sally Sommer, August 2, 1996, at the Westside Brockton Library, Brockton, Mass.
- Access (note)
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-2066
- OCLC
- NYPY97-R7
- Author
- Slyde, Jimmy. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Jimmy Slyde [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1996.
- Local Note
- Preservation master cassettes: *MGZTCO 3-2066.Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2066.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2066. 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester; half-track.
- Restricted Access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Local Subject
- Bebop dancing.Audiotapes -- Slyde, J.Audiotapes -- Sommer, S.
- Added Author
- Sommer, Sally R. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-2066 [Transcript]*MGZTC 3-2066 [Cassette]