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Copies of Pensacola-related music

Copies of Pensacola-related music
Date
1920
Description
Three reel to reel recordings. NOTE: Because this is a compilation of copyrighted recordings, no copies can be made of the reels. Most of the songs and performers were not identified. Recorded in 1975 in New Orleans by Lars Edegran in his apartment, and released that year by CSA (CLPS 1015)For a copy of the album's liner notes (including a brief history of the recording) see S 1579, box 1, folder: Tape log Indexes T83-117 through T83-120.
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Copies of Pensacola-related music

Copies of Pensacola-related music
Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 8)

Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 8)
Date
2000-05-26
Description
One digital audio tape (DAT).
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Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 8)

Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 8)
Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 9)

Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 9)
Date
2000-05-26
Description
One digital audio tape (DAT).
Collection
Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 9)

Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 9)
Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 19)

Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 19)
Date
2001-05-25
Description
One audio cassette tape. The band, self-labeled as "eclectic acoustic," featured Cathy Eivers - vocals/guitar; Eddie Kavetsky - guitar; George Berry - bass; from Lake Helen, FL.
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Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 19)

Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 19)
Interview with blues singer W.C. Baker

Interview with blues singer W.C. Baker
Date
1985-09-10
Description
Two reel to reel tapes. (Copied onto C86-132/133.) Interview with blues singer and Dixieland jazz musician William C. Baker. Born in Live Oak, Baker was a blues singer known as Big Boy Baker in the 1930s-1950s. He recorded numerous records in Florida and Chicago, and even won Amateur Night at the Apollo in 1948. He moved to Miami in the 1950s. After a car accident in the 1950s, he switched to Dixieland jazz, and formed the Dixie Cooperates. He discusses starting out in music in Live Oak; his musical influences; black life in North Florida; moving to Chicago; life in Pompano Beach; appearing on radio in Fort Lauderdale (WFTL); recording 78rpm albums in Miami; various Florida night clubs; forming his band; his car accident; and Dixieland jazz. For a performance by Baker and his band, see S 1576, T86-88 - T86-90. For more information, see the fieldnotes on W.C. Baker in S 1628, Box 1, folder 10. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Interview with blues singer W.C. Baker

Interview with blues singer W.C. Baker
Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson

Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson
Date
1981-11-26
Description
Three reel to reels. A second interview with singer and pianist Ida Goodson (the first can be found on T82-1 through T82-4). Born and raised in Pensacola, she toured and recorded with various blues and jazz bands in the late 1920s and 1930s, and later worked for a lumber company for 35 years, while still playing the nightclubs. She converted to Christianity in 1960 and began playing gospel music. In the interview, she discusses and demonstrates various music styles (jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime); learning songs; her first blues song (One Finger Blues); performers she knew and played with (Duke Ellington, Charlie Segar, Jimmy Cox, Helen Jackson, Mack Thomas); difference between blues and gospel; and gospel quartets in Pensacola in the 1920s. Copied onto audiocassettes C83-10, C83-11, and C83-12.
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Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson

Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson
Interview with jazz musician Hal (Fess) Andrews

Interview with jazz musician Hal (Fess) Andrews
Date
1981-11-03
Description
Two reel to reels. Poor audio quality in some areas. Interview with Pensacola-based jazz musician Andrews. He discusses learning music; attending Tuskegee Institute; teaching chemistry in Pensacola; varities of jazz music; working with artists like Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington; working for a radio station in New York City; leading a big band in the 1940s and 1950s; and various nightclubs in the Pensacola area. Copied onto audiocassettes C83-5 & C83-6.  
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Interview with jazz musician Hal (Fess) Andrews

Interview with jazz musician Hal (Fess) Andrews
Performance by the W.C. Baker and the Dixieland Cooperates

Performance by the W.C. Baker and the Dixieland Cooperates
Date
1985-09-14
Description
Three reel to reel tapes. (Copied onto C86-129/130/131). Recording of W.C. Baker and the Dixieland Cooperates at the Tobacco Road Club in Miami. A few the songs includes guest singer Danny Kaye. The five-piece Dixieland band consisted of leader William (Big Boy) Baker (bass), Emmanuel Cruz (saxophone), Alexander Pope (drums), Willie Gaddy (guitarist) and Ernie Ambrister (trombone). Baker, born in Live Oak, was a blues singer known as Big Boy Baker in the 1930s-1950s. He recorded numerous records in Florida and Chicago, and even won Amateur Night at the Apollo in 1948. He moved to Miami in the 1950s. After a car accident in the 1950s, he switched to Dixieland jazz, and formed the Dixie Cooperates. NOTE: According to the depositor agreement, Baker's performances cannot be used for commercial purposes. For an interview with Baker, see S 1576, T86-90 - T86-91. For more information, see the fieldnotes on W.C. Baker in S 1628, Box 1, folder 10. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Performance by the W.C. Baker and the Dixieland Cooperates

Performance by the W.C. Baker and the Dixieland Cooperates
Saturday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)

Saturday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)
Date
1981-05-23
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. The Polka Sweethearts were from Zephyrhills. Goodson was a jazz/blues pianist from Pensacola. Moses Williams was a blues singer who played a diddley bow. Goodson's performance continued on T81-47.
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Saturday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)

Saturday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)
Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 4)

Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 4)
Date
1997-05-24
Description
One audio cassette recordings. Sax Kari (a.k.a. "Candied Yams") is interviewed by Brent Tozzer. He discusses his childhood in New Orleans and the blues and jazz influences on his life (such as Benny Goodman and Charlie Christian). He speaks about learning music (specifically piano from Fats Waller) and early groups in which he played. He also discusses the various terms used for African-Americans and their changes over time as well as growing up during the Depression and his first job with the WPA.
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Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 4)

Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 4)
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
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Musicians
African Americans
Piano music (Blues)
Jazz music
Jazz songs
Performing arts
Music performance
Blues (Music)
Religious music
Piano music
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a_s1576_84_d00-008Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 8)SoundFolk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Guitar music
Fiddle music
Storytelling
Tales
Blues (Music)
Musical tradition, African diaspora
Jazz music
African Americans
Women jazz musicians
Jazz songs
Singers
Musicians
Guitarist
Storytellers
Fiddlers
Blues singers
Jazz musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_84_d00-009Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 9)SoundSingers
Musicians
Guitarist
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Guitar music
Rhythm and blues music
Rhythm and blues songs
Storytelling
Blues (Music)
Musical tradition, African diaspora
Jazz music
African Americans
Jazz musicians
Women jazz musicians
Jazz songs
Blues singers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_85_c01-019Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 19)SoundSingers
Musicians
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Jazz music
Jazz songs
Bands (Music)		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t86-091Interview with blues singer W.C. BakerSoundBlues singers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Jazz songs
Blues (Music)
African Americans
Old time music
Dixieland music
Music performance
Performing arts
Singing
Life histories
Oral histories
Bands (Music)
Musical groups		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t82-012Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida GoodsonSoundFieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
African Americans
Blues (Music)
Piano music (Blues)
Personal experience narratives
Jazz music
Ragtime music
Ragtime songs
Religious music
Vaudeville
Dance music
Nightclubs
Jazz songs
Popular songs
Music business
Gospel songs
Gospel musicians
Gospel (Black)
Great Depression
Singers
Pianists
Women jazz musicians
Blues singers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t82-005Interview with jazz musician Hal (Fess) AndrewsSoundFieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
African Americans
Big band music
Musicians
Education
Personal experience narratives
Jazz music
Ragtime music
Ragtime songs
Teachers
Radio stations
Dance music
Nightclubs
African Americans Segregation
Jazz songs
Popular songs
Music business
Music performance
Jazz musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t86-088Performance by the W.C. Baker and the Dixieland CooperatesSoundBlues singers
Fieldwork
Jazz music
Jazz songs
Blues (Music)
African Americans
Old time music
Dixieland music
Music performance
Performing arts
Singing
Bands (Music)
Musical groups		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t81-046Saturday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Polka music
Diddly bow
Blues (Music)
Piano music
Piano music (Blues)
Jazz music
Jazz songs
African Americans
Dance music
Gospel (Black)
Musicians
Singers
Guitarist
Pianists
Women jazz musicians
Jazz musicians
Bands (Music)
Blues singers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_68_c97-074Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 4)SoundFolk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Oral performance
Life histories
Interviewing
African Americans
Jazz songs
Jazz music
Blues (Music)
United States. Work Projects Administration
African Americans Segregation
Great Depression
New Deal, 1933-1939
Jazz musicians
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg