| Interviewee | STEWART, Robert “Bob” (b. 1939) |
| Professions | Jazz Musician |
| Interview ID # | OH 1490 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Jazz musician. His comments about the jazz scene in Fort Worth, Texas, 1950-2000. His early interest in music; his first drum set; his first professional job with the Shorty Clements Band, 1953-57; college at Huston-Tillotson College, Austin, Texas, 1957-60; his employment as a disk jockey in Cleburne, Texas, and Fort Worth; his definition of jazz; playing with the Charles Scott Band in Fort Worth during the 1970s; after-hours clubs in Fort Worth; jazz’s role in bringing together black and white musicians; comments about various jazz clubs and venues in Fort Worth; musicians unions; comments about the lack of full-time employment opportunities for jazz musicians in Fort Worth; comments about the Fort Worth jazz scene; peculiarities of Texas jazz and the “Texas Sound.” |
| Interviewer(s) | Peggy Brandt Brown |
| Physical Description | 53 pp. plus documents (10 pp.) |
| Terms of Use | Open |
