| Description |
2 sound cassettes (165 min.) + 1 transcript (87 leaves ; 28 cm.) |
| Note |
For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-2066. |
|
Interviewed by Sally Sommer, August 2, 1996, at the Westside Brockton Library, Brockton, Mass. |
| Summary |
Cassette 1 (90 min.) Mr. Slyde discusses his family; his first exposure to dance through teacher Stanley Brown; the profound influence Brown had on him including meeting great tap artists at his studio; Eddy Schoolboy Ford; the art of sliding; becoming serious about dancing; his style and its association with jazz musical styles of the same period; the connection between learning music and learning dance; swing and bebop; his act with Jimmy Mitchell; first experiences on the road; racism; Afro-Caribbean influences on dance in Miami; experimenting in various dance and musical styles; working in different parts of the country; dancers during this period; traveling to California; poverty; and Hollywood and the limited performing opportunities for tap. |
|
Cassette 2 (75 min.) Mr. Slyde describes his life on the West Coast; the language of bebop; coming back east in the mid-1960's and participating in Tap happening; going to Europe as part of the Harlem Uptown All-Star Dancers; the film Adventure du jazz; his career taking off; living in Paris; teaching in Paris; recording an album; returning to the United States; the Copasetics; and his work creating performing opportunities for young dancers. |
| Local Note |
Preservation master cassettes: *MGZTCO 3-2066. |
|
Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2066. |
|
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2066. 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester; half-track. |
| Subject |
Brown, Stanley.
|
|
Mitchell, Jimmy.
|
|
Copasetics.
|
|
Hoofers (Revue)
|
|
Tap dancing.
|
|
Jazz.
|
|
Racism.
|
| Local Subject |
Bebop dancing.
|
|
Audiotapes -- Slyde, J.
|
|
Audiotapes -- Sommer, S.
|
| Added Author |
Sommer, Sally R, Interviewer.
|
| Donor/Sponsor |
National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
|
|
Oral History Archive. Oral History Project.
|
| Call No. |
*MGZMT 3-2066 [Transcript]
|
| Research Call Number |
*MGZMT 3-2066 [Transcript]
|
|
*MGZTC 3-2066 [Cassette]
|
|
