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Ida Goodson performing in Pensacola

Date: 1980-08-21
Description: One reel to reel.
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Ida Goodson performing in Pensacola

Ida Goodson performing with the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church choir

Date: 1981-11-04
Description: Two reel to reel recordings. For another recording session, see T83-147.
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Ida Goodson performing with the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church choir

Interview with and performance by hammer dulcimer player Johnny Boyd

Date: 1984-12-07
Description: One reel to reel.
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Interview with and performance by hammer dulcimer player Johnny Boyd

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

Date: 1981-11-03
Description: Four reel to reels. Interview with singer and pianist Ida Goodson. 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 her family; her sisters experiences in the music business; learning to play piano; her first song; blues, Dixieland, and jazz music in the 1920s and 1930s; touring Alabama and Georgia in the 1930s; Florida nightclubs; her marriage in 1927; her children's involvement in music; growing up in the Baptist Church and her religious reawakening in the 1960s; recording in New Orleans; games she played as a child; and May Day and Mardi Gras celebrations in Pensacola. Copied onto audiocassettes C83-1, C83-2, C83-3, and C83-4.
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Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson

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 Jimmy Cox

Date: 1981-11-05
Description: Three reel to reels. Interview with Pensacola-based jazz musician Cox, a trombone player. From Texas, Cox learned to play while in high school. He traveled with several bands, and moved to Pensacola in 1935. Cox discusses various musicians (including Count Basie, Bennie Moten and Earl Hines); touring the Southeast; his family history; styles of jazz; Ida Goodson; and big band music. Copied onto audiocassettes C83-7, C83-8, and C83-9.
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Interview with jazz musician Jimmy Cox

Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day One)

Date: 1980-11-01
Description: Eight reel to reels. Since the early 1970s, the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival has been held each year in early November. (Only in 2004, with the damage caused by Hurricane Ivan, was the festival cancelled.) In 1980, the Florida Folklife Program offered a demonstration of the results of their West Florida Folklife Survey. Included were the Vietnamese Dancers of Pensacola (to pre-recorded music), Ida Goodson performing on the piano, Thomley and Godwin perform during a cake walk, and Creek dancers.
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Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day One)

Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day Two)

Date: 1980-11-02
Description: Seven reel to reels. Since the early 1970s, the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival has been held each year in early November. (Only in 2004, with the damage caused by Hurricane Ivan, was the festival cancelled.) In 1980, the Florida Folklife Program offered a demonstration of the results of their West Florida Folklife Survey. Included were the Vietnamese Dancers of Pensacola (to pre-recorded music), Ida Goodson performing on the piano, shaped note singing, and Creek dancers.
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Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day Two)

Children's lore in North Florida

Date: 1983
Description: One audio cassette. Recorded at an unidentified school in North Florida in 1983. Features 7th and 8th grade students reciting jump rope rhymes, hand-clapping games, stories, jokes, and sayings. Rhymes include "Cinderella," "Rockin' Robin," "Hambone," and "Ennie, Mennie." The child folklore includes stories about Bloody Mary, buried treasure, and ghosts.
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Children's lore in North Florida

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a_s1576_t80-087	Ida Goodson performing in Pensacola	Sound	Fieldwork Music performance Singing Piano music Piano music (Blues) African Americans Blues singers Blues (Music) Jazz music Gospel (Black) Gospel music Religious music Religious songs Singers Women jazz musicians Pianists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t82-007	Ida Goodson performing with the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church choir	Sound	Fieldwork African Americans Sound recording Choir singing Pianos Music performance Musicians Singing Musical instruments Performing arts Churches Choirs (music) Religious music Pianists Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t84-134	Interview with and performance by hammer dulcimer player Johnny Boyd	Sound	Fieldwork Oral histories Interviews Music performance Performing arts String instruments Dulcimer music Hammer dulcimer Old time music Gospel music Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t82-012	Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson	Sound	Fieldwork 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_t82-001	Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson	Sound	Fieldwork Interviews Oral histories Life histories African Americans Blues (Music) Piano music (Blues) Personal experience narratives Jazz music Family history Churches Religious music Vaudeville Baptists Nightclubs Holidays and festivals Mardi Gras Calendar rites Music business May Day Racial segregation African Americans Segregation Great Depression Medicine shows Gospel music Gospel (Black) Religion Christianity Singers Pianists Women jazz musicians Blues singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t82-005	Interview with jazz musician Hal (Fess) Andrews	Sound	Fieldwork 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_t82-009	Interview with jazz musician Jimmy Cox	Sound	Fieldwork Interviews Oral histories Life histories African Americans Big band music Music business Personal experience narratives Jazz music Music performance Performing arts Dance music Nightclubs Jazz musicians Musicians Trombonists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t80-108	Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day One)	Sound	Festivals Special events Music performance Folklorists Vietnamese African Americans Piano music Blues (Music) Piano music (Blues) Singing Gospel (Black) Gospel music Religious music Fiddle music Creek Indians Cakewalk (Dance) Old time music Pianists Singers Musicians Fiddlers Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t80-114	Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day Two)	Sound	Festivals Special events Music performance Folklorists Shape note singing African Americans Piano music Blues (Music) Piano music (Blues) Singing Gospel (Black) Gospel music Religious music Fiddle music Creek Indians Pianists Singers Musicians Fiddlers Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1698_01_tape01b	Children's lore in North Florida	Sound	Field recordings Children's games Hand-clapping games Game rhymes Storytelling Childlore Jump rope rhymes	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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Ida Goodson performing in Pensacola

Ida Goodson performing in Pensacola

Ida Goodson performing with the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church choir

Ida Goodson performing with the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church choir

Interview with and performance by hammer dulcimer player Johnny Boyd

Interview with and performance by hammer dulcimer player Johnny Boyd

Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson

Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson

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

Interview with jazz musician Jimmy Cox

Interview with jazz musician Jimmy Cox

Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day One)

Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day One)

Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day Two)

Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day Two)

Children's lore in North Florida

Children's lore in North Florida

State Archives of Florida

State Library of Florida

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Ida Goodson performing in Pensacola

Ida Goodson performing in Pensacola

Ida Goodson performing with the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church choir

Ida Goodson performing with the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church choir

Interview with and performance by hammer dulcimer player Johnny Boyd

Interview with and performance by hammer dulcimer player Johnny Boyd

Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson

Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson

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

Interview with jazz musician Jimmy Cox

Interview with jazz musician Jimmy Cox

Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day One)

Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day One)

Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day Two)

Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day Two)

Children's lore in North Florida

Children's lore in North Florida

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