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Maxine Sullivan jazz oral history project interview, Rutgers University.
- Title
- Maxine Sullivan jazz oral history project interview, Rutgers University.
- Author
- Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987,
- Publication
- 1980.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 918 box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Rutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies.
- Description
- 0.42 linear feet (1 box)
- Summary
- African American jazz soloist Maxine Sullivan was known for her cool and arresting "whispering voice," soothing style, gentle rhythmic phrasing, and intricate swing delivery. She became well known in the late 1930s for her swing performance of the Scottish traditional ballad "Loch Lomond". The song became her signature piece and catapulted her career. During this period, Sullivan performed as the main act at the Onyx Club on 52nd Street in New York City, alongside bassist John Kirby and his band. The two married in 1938 but were divorced three years later. In 1950, Sullivan married pianist Cliff Jackson. Excluding a ten-year break she took from show-business in 1957, Sullivan's career spanned four decades. Sullivan was also popular with jazz enthusiasts outside of the United States and she toured internationally several times.
- The collection contains a photocopied transcript of an interview with Maxine Sullivan conducted as part of Rutgers University’s Institute of Jazz Studies Oral History Project. The transcript is particularly rich in its detail of Sullivan’s recording career and collaboration with other artists. Eleven tapes were transcribed, totaling 750 pages.
- Subjects
- Original Location (note)
- The original transcript of an interview with Sullivan conducted as part of their Jazz Oral History Project is held at Rutgers University's Institute of Jazz Studies.
- Source (note)
- Purchased from Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies.
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- Maxine Sullivan papers, Sc MG 473, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Call Number
- Sc MG 918
- Author
- Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987, creator.
- Title
- Maxine Sullivan jazz oral history project interview, Rutgers University.
- Production
- 1980.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Original Location
- The original transcript of an interview with Sullivan conducted as part of their Jazz Oral History Project is held at Rutgers University's Institute of Jazz Studies.
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- Maxine Sullivan papers, Sc MG 473, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Source
- Purchased from Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies.
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- Added Author
- Rutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 918