- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (69 minutes total) : digital, stereo
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographical radio programs.
- Jazz.
- Jazz radio programs.
- Note
- Contains portions of the Lester Young / Charlie Parker birthday program broadcast on WKCR FM radio with host Phil Schaap. Includes jazz music recordings with Lester Young and Charlie Parker, brief biographies of both given by Schaap, as well as an excerpt from an interview of Charlie Parker.
- Title, location, and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original container and audition.
- Handwritten note taped to original container: "Jazz".
- Sound quality is good; both streaming files begin and end abruptly.
- Donor's inventory number: C273.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Contents
- Streaming file 1, side a: I love Paris [excerpt] (0:00-7:20) -- Phil Schaap introduces the previous song, the program schedule, and the next songs (7:21-9:21) -- I found a new baby [studio recording] (Lester Young Trio) (9:22-13:34) -- Back to the land [studio recording] (Lester Young Trio) (13:41-17:41) -- Schaap gives a biography of Lester Young, his musical career, and his involvement with music producer Norman Granz (17:42-24:12) -- I can't get started (Lester Young Trio) (24:13-29:19) -- Midnight symphony (Lester Young, and others) [excerpt, ends abruptly] (29:20-31:54) -- Recording silence (31:55-36:40)
- Streaming file 2, side b: Unidentified jazz song [excerpt] (0:00-8:40) -- Fine and mellow [excerpt] (Billie Holiday, Lester Young, and others) (8:41-12:41) -- I'll remember April (Charlie Parker, and others) (12:42-20:49) -- Phil Schaap introduces the previous song, the program schedule, and gives a biography of Charlie Parker (20:50-27:44) -- excerpt from an interview with Charlie Parker [ends abruptly] (27:45-31:53)
- Call Number
- *LTC-A 1672
- OCLC
- 913835942
- Title
Lester Young / Charlie Parker birthday broadcast : WKCR FM radio program / hosted by Phil Schaap.
- Publisher
August 28, 1990.
- Playing Time
003640 003200
- Type of Content
performed music
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Performer
Charlie Parker, Lester Young, and others, musicians.
- Event
Dubbed from the radio broadcast in, New York, New York, 1990 August 28.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (69 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1672.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; two preservation files were created based on cassette sides: c273a, and, c273b.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Schaap, Phil, host.
Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955, instrumentalist.
Young, Lester, 1909-1959, instrumentalist.
Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955, interviewee.
Lester Young Trio, musical group.
WKCR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1672