- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (6 video files (3 hr., 1 min., 19 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Jazz bassist and music professor Larry Ridley was born on September 3, 1937 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ridley attended Indiana University in 1955. He completed his B.S. degree at New York University in 1971, his M.A. degree in cultural policy at State University of New York Empire State College in 1993, and his Ph.D. degree in performing arts at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore in 2005. In 1959, Ridley moved to New York City, playing with well-known jazz musicians, including: Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, and Thelonious Monk. He released his own album Sum of Parts in 1975. In 1985, he formed the Jazz Legacy Ensemble. Ridley was a professor of music at Rutgers University from 1971 to 1999, developing the college's jazz education program. Ridley also served as the northeast regional coordinator for the International Association for Jazz Educators, and executive director of the African American Jazz Caucus.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Larry Ridley
- Larry Ridley
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 998760030
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Larry Ridley.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
030119
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Harriette Cole, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2016 November 30.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Jazz Bassist Music Professor.
- Added Author
Ridley, Larry, interviewee.
Cole, Harriette, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.