Tejano music.; Mexican Americans--Texas--Music.; Conjunto music.
San Antonio, Texas Juan Valdez grew up in Southwest Texas listening to musicians in his family. He learned to play Spanish music first, then a combination of cumbias, polkas, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, country and western. At first...
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.
San Antonio (Tex.)--Theaters; Motion picture projectionists; Theaters--Employees; Majestic Theater (San Antonio, Tex.); Municipal Auditorium (San Antonio, Tex.)
Taught by his father to work as a movie projectionist, Parnell discusses experiences and aspects of movie and stage production through multiple jobs he learned.
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...
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.
San Antonio, Texas Folklife Festival presenter Bill Sallee talks about using willow to make bull whips, fishing poles, and whistles, and tells stories about Sallee family, including his grandfather's faith healing.
World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Personal narratives.; Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.;
Scheffrahn was born in East Prussia in May 1918 and spent his childhood in Rastenburg. He was drafted into the German Army at the onset of World War II and served from 1939-1945. After the war he and his wife immigrated to the US under the...
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...
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.
San Antonio, (Tex.).; Municipal Auditorium--San Antonio (Tex.).; Maverick, Maury, 1895-1954.; Wildenstein, Jean.
San Antonio, Texas Wildenstein, whose father, Jean, was manager of San Antonio's Municipal Auditorium from 1926 to 1949, discusses the history and importance of the auditorium, the 1979 fire that destroyed it and plans for rebuilding. Included is...