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Additional authors

1. Rutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies.

Description

1. 0.42 linear feet (1 box)

Summary

1. 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.
2. 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.

Subject

1. Jazz singers > United States
2. Swing (Music)
3. Jazz musicians
4. African American musicians
5. African American women in popular culture
6. African American women entertainers
7. Women jazz musicians
8. African American women singers
9. Women singers > United States
10. African American women jazz singers

Call number

1. Sc MG 918

Original location (note)

1. 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)

1. Purchased from Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies.

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Maxine Sullivan papers, Sc MG 473, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Author

1. Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987, creator.

Title

1. Maxine Sullivan jazz oral history project interview, Rutgers University.

Production

1. 1980.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Original location

1. 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

1. Maxine Sullivan papers, Sc MG 473, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Source

1. Purchased from Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies.

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1. Finding aid

Added author

1. Rutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies.

Research call number

1. Sc MG 918