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Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Geographic Term is exactly "Escambia County (Fla.)"
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Ida Goodson performing in Pensacola

Ida Goodson performing in Pensacola

Date
1980-08-21
Description
One reel to reel.
Collection
Ida Goodson performing with the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church choir

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.
Collection
Interview with and performance by hammer dulcimer player Johnny Boyd

Interview with and performance by hammer dulcimer player Johnny Boyd

Date
1984-12-07
Description
One reel to reel.
Collection
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.
Collection
Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson

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.
Collection
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.  
Collection
Interview with jazz musician Jimmy Cox

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

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

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.
Collection
Children's lore in North Florida

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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Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
a_s1576_t80-087Ida Goodson performing in PensacolaSoundFieldwork
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
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a_s1576_t82-007Ida Goodson performing with the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church choirSoundFieldwork
African Americans
Sound recording
Choir singing
Pianos
Music performance
Musicians
Singing
Musical instruments
Performing arts
Churches
Choirs (music)
Religious music
Pianists
Singers
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a_s1576_t84-134Interview with and performance by hammer dulcimer player Johnny BoydSoundFieldwork
Oral histories
Interviews
Music performance
Performing arts
String instruments
Dulcimer music
Hammer dulcimer
Old time music
Gospel music
Musicians
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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
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a_s1576_t82-001Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida GoodsonSoundFieldwork
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
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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
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a_s1576_t82-009Interview with jazz musician Jimmy CoxSoundFieldwork
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
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a_s1576_t80-108Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day One)SoundFestivals
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
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a_s1576_t80-114Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day Two)SoundFestivals
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
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a_s1698_01_tape01bChildren's lore in North FloridaSoundField recordings
Children's games
Hand-clapping games
Game rhymes
Storytelling
Childlore
Jump rope rhymes
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