| Title: |
Charles Tolliver
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| Local code: |
Sc Visual VRA-191
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
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| Collection: |
Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Charles Tolliver is a jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger and record company executive. Born March 6, 1942 in Jacksonville,
Florida, began playing cornet at age 8, at age 10 he moved to New York City. He studied pharmacy at Howard University three years, returned to NYC to pursue a life in music; performed and recorded with prominent musicians such as Max Roach afterwhich he formed his own group, Music, Inc., and his own recording company with Stanley Cowell, Strata-East Records. Currently he is involved in his recording business, performing, arranging and composing.
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| URL: |
http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/scl/MULTIMED/JAZZHIST/ctocat.htm
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1993 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Tolliver, Charles, 1942-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
6-Mar-1942
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Jacksonville, FL; Florida; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Composer; Jazz musician
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| Age at speaking: |
51
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| Document location: |
New York, NY
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| Document date: |
01-Apr-1993
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| Interviewer: |
Owens, Jimmy
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| Locations discussed: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; New York; New York, NY; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Chicago, IL; History; Illinois; Jazz; Jazz musicians; Music; New York; New York, NY; North America; Oral history; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Jazz scene; Music history
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0024717-26420
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