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Oral History Collection- All fields: Band
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- Interview with Gene McKinney, 1980
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Jazz.; Musicians--Texas.; Musical instruments.; - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with Jack Wyatt, 1980
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Happy Jazz Band; Jazz musicians; Dorsey, Jimmy -
Interview is one of series by Sterlin Holmesly: “Jazz”. Jack Wyatt describes his early musical career, musicians, and history of jazz. - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with Gene Ramey, 1980
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Jazz.; Musicians--Texas.; Double bass music. -
A native Texan, Ramey began playing professionally in Kansas City, Kansas where he worked with Walter Page, Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Jay McShann, and others. After watching so many colleagues affected by alcoholism, he quit working in night... - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with Robert B. "Dude" Skiles, ca. 1980.
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Jazz musicians. -
Dude Skiles relates his musical experience, starting with his family in The Skile's Music Makers as drummer and his career as a jazz trumpeter. - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with George S. Howard, 1985-04-13
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Air Force Band of Flight (U.S.).; Air Force--Songs and Music. - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with Jim Cullum Jr., 1980.
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Jazz musicians; Dance orchestras; Happy Jazz Band; The Landing-San Antonio (Tex.); Cullum, Jim -
San Antonio, Texas, 1980 The leader of the Happy Jazz Band and owner of Jim Cullum’s Landing... - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with Herbert Hall, 1980
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Jazz.; Musicians--Texas.; Herb Hall Quartet - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with Allan Vache, 1980.
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Jazz; Jazz musicians; Orchestras and bands; Cullum, Jim; Vache, Warren; Davern, Kenny; San Antonio (Tex.); Happy Jazz Band -
Interview is one of series by Sterlin Holmesly: “Jazz”. Allan Vache, clarinetist for Happy Jazz Band with Jim Cullum, discusses his musical backgound and experiences in San Antonio and with other musicians throughout the county. - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with John H. Bragg, 1980.
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Jazz musicians; Guitarists; Banjo music -
San Antonio, Texas Jazz banjo player John H. Bragg knew Scott Joplin, played with Don Albert and lived in the center of the jazz era in Texas and beyond. Bragg shared stages with some of jazz’s greatest stars of the 1920s and 1930s and organized... - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with Willis Hysaw, 1980
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Musical instruments.; Musicians--Texas.; Jazz.; Drummers (Musicians). - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with Mike Pittsley and Howard Elkins, 1980
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Jazz.; Musical instruments.; Musicians--Texas.;Trombonists.; Guitarists.; Banjoists. -
Pittsley and Howard, musicians in the Happy Jazz Band with Jim Cullum, discuss their personal and musical backgounds, as well as experiences with the band and their personal opinions concerning jazz. - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with Allen Vann, 1980.
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Jazz musicians;African American musicians;Pianists;Albert, Don -
Interview is one of series by Sterlin Holmesly: “Jazz”. Allen Vann grew up in Williamson County, Texas where he began playing piano, then moved to San Antonio in 1922, attending St. Peter’s Clavier School and learning to read music. Vann... - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with Charles "Chuck" Reiley, 1980
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Jazz musicians.; Musicians--Texas.; Alamo City Jazz Society.; Trombonists--Biography.; Happy Jazz Band.; Caceres, Emilio, d. 1973. -
Retired from the Air Force as dentist, Reiley went into private practice in San Antonio, where he also formed the Alamo City Jazz Band. He discusses fellow musicians and his professional experiences as a jazz trombonist. - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with Don Albert, 1980.
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San Antonio, Texas Jazz trumpeter, band leader and nightclub owner Don Albert recalls his experiences playing in the 1920s and 1930s from New Orleans to San Antonio to Kansas City and Chicago. And he shares memories of some of jazz’s greatest... - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with Cliff and Ruth Gillette, 1980.
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Jazz musician Cliff Gillette and his wife, former big band singer Ruth, remember the heyday of their musical lives when they crossed the country in the 1930s and 1940s performing with some of the most noted musicians of the era. - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with Jim Cullum Jr., 1986
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Jazz musicians.; Dance orchestras.; Happy Jazz Band.; The Landing-San Antonio (Tex.).; Jim Cullum 1914-1973. -
San Antonio, Texas The leader of the Happy Jazz Band and owner of Jim Cullum's Landing nightclub on San Antonio's River Walk, Jim Cullum Jr.'s life revolves around his talent and his passion for jazz. The son of a noted jazz artist, he grew up... - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with James L. Hayne, 1995
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Jazz.; Musicians--Texas.; - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with Millard McNeal, 1980
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Jazz.; Musical instruments.; Musicians--Texas.; - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with Wilson Davis, 1980.
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Tuba; Jazz musicians; Cullum, Jim;Happy Jazz Band; African American musicians. -
A businessman whose lifelong love of jazz prompted several stints as a tuba and sousaphone player, Willson Davis was an original member of San Antonio’s famous Happy Jazz Band from 1963 -73. Davis performed with several bands while in college in... - Oral History Collection
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- Interview with John Sheridan, 1980
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Piano music (Jazz).; Musicians--Texas.; Dance orchestras.; Happy Jazz Band.; The Landing-San Antonio (Tex.). - Oral History Collection
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