OH 1490 | Oral History

OH 1490

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.”

About this Oral History

Physical Description 53 pp. plus documents (10 pp.)
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Peggy Brandt Brown
Date of Interview March 27, 2003

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