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Oral history interview with Ronnie Matthews.

Title
Oral history interview with Ronnie Matthews.
Publication
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Mathews, Ronnie, 1935-2008
  • Ridley, Larry
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.
Description
2 videodiscs (78 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The oral history interview with Ronnie Matthews begins with his impressions of Louis Armstrong, followed by his early life and musical influences growing up in Brooklyn, New York. The jazz scene in Brooklyn was very influential. He began playing piano at the age of 17 and decided to pursue a career as a jazz musician. He discusses early musical associations with drummers, Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Phllie Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, and how they influenced his musical development and sense of rhythm. In his twenties, Mathews toured internationally and recorded with Max Roach, Freddie Hubbard and Roy Haynes. He was also a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in the late 1950s through the 1960s. He discusses his experience on Broadway with Black and Blue, Roland Hannah and Ruth Brown. The interview ranges on a variety of topics such as jazz education and various jazz musicians Matthews has worked with throughout his career.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Oral histories.
Note
  • Interviewer, Larry Ridley.
  • Before the beginning of the interview Ronnie Matthews performs "Lament for Love" with Larry Ridley on double-bass.
  • The Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project was funded by the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Permission required to site, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.
Biography (note)
  • Ronnie Mathews (born December 2, 1935-June 28, 2008) was an American jazz pianist who worked with Max Roach from 1963 to 1968 and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, and various other jazz musicians and ensembles.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.
Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1131
OCLC
1130060402
Title
Oral history interview with Ronnie Matthews.
Production
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1996.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD
Event
Recorded June 26, 1996 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Terms Of Use
Permission required to site, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.
Biography
Ronnie Mathews (born December 2, 1935-June 28, 2008) was an American jazz pianist who worked with Max Roach from 1963 to 1968 and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, and various other jazz musicians and ensembles.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.
Local Note
Archival original: 2 videocassettes (MII) in Sc Visual VRC-302.
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Added Author
Mathews, Ronnie, 1935-2008, interviewee.
Ridley, Larry, interviewer.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1131
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