| Title: |
Tommy Turrentine
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| Local code: |
Sc Visual VRA-195
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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: |
Tommy Turrentine is a jazz trumpet player. Born April 22, 1928 in Philadelphia, he began his musical career as a teenager,
performed and recorded most actively throughout the 1940s-60s, and is well known for his linear melodic style.
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| URL: |
http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/scl/MULTIMED/JAZZHIST/ttcat.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: |
Turrentine, Tommy, 1928-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
22-Apr-1928
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Philadelphia, PA; Pennsylvania; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Jazz musician
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| Age at speaking: |
65
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| Document location: |
New York, NY
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| Document date: |
12-Aug-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: |
OHI0024718-26421
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