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Oral history interview with Charlie Persip

Title
Oral history interview with Charlie Persip / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project ; interview conducted by Warren Smith.
Author
Persip, Charlie
Publication
New York : Schomburg Center in Research in Black Culture, 1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Murray, James Briggs
  • Persip, Charlie
  • Smith, Warren, 1934-
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.
Description
2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The oral history interview with Charlie Persip begins with his childhood and youth in Morristown, New Jersey and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He graduated high school at 15 and began playing drums professionally at the age of 16 in Newark, New Jersey. As an aspiring jazz musician he would go to jazz clubs in New Jersey and New York. His first early professional influence was touring with the Billy Ford band playing rhythm and blues throughout the segregated South. Although he was playing with rhythm and blues bands at this early stage in career he was also exposed to Bebop. During breaks from touring he would form local bands to play Bebop. He was playing in a club in Newark where comedian Red Foxx was the emcee. He migrated to clubs in New York city and was hired by Tadd Dameron to play in his band. Eventually he was noticed by Dizzy Gillespie who asked him to join his band. After playing with Dizzy Gillespie's big band and quintet he played with various musicians and formed his own band, the Jazz Statesmen. He also began teaching. In the 1970s he formed Supersound, a jazz big band, that eventually became Superband. The interview ends with Persip giving a brief demonstration of drum rhythms and techniques (Disc 2).
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Interviews.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Produced and directed by James Briggs Murray.
Funding (note)
  • The Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project was funded by the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.
Biography (note)
  • Charlie Persip, born July 26, 1929, in Morristown, New Jersey, is an American jazz drummer.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.
Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1133
OCLC
909588163
Author
Persip, Charlie, interviewee.
Title
Oral history interview with Charlie Persip / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project ; interview conducted by Warren Smith.
Production
New York : Schomburg Center in Research in Black Culture, 1994.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD
Credits
Produced and directed by James Briggs Murray.
Performer
Interviewer, Warren Smith.
Event
Recorded July 13, 1994 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Terms Of Use
Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.
Funding
The Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project was funded by the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc.
Biography
Charlie Persip, born July 26, 1929, in Morristown, New Jersey, is an American jazz drummer.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.
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Added Author
Murray, James Briggs, director.
Murray, James Briggs, producer.
Persip, Charlie, performer.
Smith, Warren, 1934- interviewer.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1133
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