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Interview with Jimmy Slyde

Title
Interview with Jimmy Slyde [sound recording]
Author
Slyde, Jimmy.
Publication
1996.

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reel 2AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-2066 [sound cassette] reel 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
reel 1AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-2066 (sound cassette) reel 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
AudioSupervised use *MGZMT 3-2066 (transcript)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Sommer, Sally R.
Description
2 sound cassettes (165 min.) +
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.
Donor/Sponsor
National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Alternative Title
  • Dance Oral History Project.
  • Dance Audio Archive.
Subjects
Note
  • For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-2066.
  • Interviewed by Sally Sommer, August 2, 1996, at the Westside Brockton Library, Brockton, Mass.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Call Number
*MGZMT 3-2066
OCLC
NYPY97-R7
Author
Slyde, Jimmy. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Jimmy Slyde [sound recording]
Imprint
1996.
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.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Local Subject
Bebop dancing.
Audiotapes -- Slyde, J.
Audiotapes -- Sommer, S.
Added Author
Sommer, Sally R. Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZMT 3-2066 [Transcript]
*MGZTC 3-2066 [Cassette]
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