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Additional authors

1. Smith, Warren, 1934-
2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
3. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. The oral history interview with Bobby Thomas begins with his childhood and early musical education in Newark, New Jersey. He began as a trumpet player but early on switched to drums. He continued his musical training in high school in Newark. From 1953-1955, he served in the United States Army where he played in the Army Band. After his military service he continued his education at the Juilliard School of Music and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree. Thomas talks extensively about his career on Broadway. He met Michael Bennett while at Juilliard and later collaborated with him in developing "A Chorus Line." He also performed with Burt Bacharach. Thomas was drum teacher of jazz and rock drummer, Ben Perowsky. He also gave lessons to drummer/percussionist Alphonse Mouzon. While an active musician, Thomas also teaches percussion at various schools in the United States.

Subject

1. African American musicians
2. Oral histories
3. Bacharach, Burt > Promises, promises
4. Bennett, Michael, 1943-1987 > Influence
5. Bacharach, Burt > Influence
6. Perowsky, Ben > Influence
7. Interviews
8. Mouzon, Alphonse > Influence
9. Jazz musicians > United States > Interviews
10. African American college teachers
11. Percussion music (Jazz)
12. Drummers (Musicians) > United States > Interviews
13. Hamlisch, Marvin > Chorus line
14. Percussionists > United States > Interviews
15. Thomas, Bobby, 1932- > Interviews
16. Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 > Influence

Genre/Form

1. Oral histories.
2. Interviews.

Call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1136

Note

1. Interviewer, Warren Smith.
2. The Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project was funded by the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc.

Credits (note)

1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Terms of use (note)

1. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.

Biography (note)

1. Bobby Thomas is a jazz drummer and teacher.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Title

1. Oral history interview with Bobby Thomas.

Production

1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1994.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Digital file characteristics

1. video file DVD

Credits

1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Event

1. Recorded July 27, 1994, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Terms of use

1. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.

Biography

1. Bobby Thomas is a jazz drummer and teacher.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Smith, Warren, 1934- interviewer.
2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
3. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Research call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1136
2. Sc Visual VRC-307 MII videotape