Radio Interviews

Title: Radio Interviews

Abstract: Felix Grant inaugurated “The Album Sound” in September 1954 on WMAL Radio 630 in Washington, DC. He spent 30 years as its host and producer. The program featured the full spectrum of jazz and blues and had one of the widest listening audiences in the Washington metropolitan area. Most of the interviews in this collection were conducted live during the program or were produced in the studio for broadcast on the show during the period from 1965 to 1984. Patrons are advised that materials available through this website are for restricted educational use. These materials may be subject to additional restrictions including, but not limited to, copyright and the rights of privacy and publicity, of parties other than the University of the District of Columbia. Patrons are solely responsible for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permission, and paying any associated fees, which may be necessary for further use.

: Interview with Jimmy Witherspoon / interviewed by Felix Grant, April 5, 1966; Jimmy Witherspoon discusses his career with interviewer and radio host Felix Grant. Witherspoon is featured on excerpts from recordings selected by Grant., Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:30:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 witherspoon_jimmy1.rm: 16538351 bytes, checksum: f2fbd7fca1070cf6bb6fc7abd78a7ce2 (MD5) manifest.xml: 3429 bytes, checksum: fe5d82ba707939bf8ee23e46007181de (MD5), Goin' to Kansas City / Lieber, Stoll (02:44-04:25) -- Ain't nobody's business / Crisham (10:35-12:51), Jimmy Witherspoon interviewed by Felix Grant on WMAL. Recorded April 5, 1966. Reproduction of radio interview produced at Washington, D.C. Station WMAL for broadcast on The Album Sound. Forms part of the Felix Grant Collection at the Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives. Original format: 1 sound tape reel (22 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips., full track mono; 7 in.

: Interview with Jimmy Witherspoon / interviewed by Felix Grant, March 2, 1982; Jimmy Witherspoon discusses his career with interviewer and radio host Felix Grant., Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:34:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 witherspoon_jimmy2.rm: 9693073 bytes, checksum: ec252ba4eeb2928ffafceb9d81808985 (MD5) manifest.xml: 3429 bytes, checksum: 84890136fba659c770f04c756faf6660 (MD5), Jimmy Witherspoon interviewed by Felix Grant on WMAL. Recorded March 2, 1982. Reproduction of radio interview produced at Washington, D.C. Station WMAL for broadcast on The Album Sound. Forms part of the Felix Grant Collection at the Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives. Original format: 1 sound tape reel (13 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips., full track mono; 7 in.

: Interview with Jimmy Witherspoon / interviewed by Felix Grant, November 7, 1983; Jimmy Witherspoon discusses his career with interviewer and radio host Felix Grant. Witherspoon is featured on excerpts from recordings selected by Grant., Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:30:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 witherspoon_jimmy3.rm: 13779427 bytes, checksum: 197c0b09f94dcad18bc1ad101a6aac63 (MD5) manifest.xml: 3432 bytes, checksum: 677d033460278bdd534819d0d793aab4 (MD5), Spoon's blues / A. Ciminelli (00:19-01:53) -- Musical selection (03:48-05:35) -- Love is a five letter word / G. Barge (08:48-11:47) -- Sent for you yesterday / C. Basie, E. Durham, J. Rushing (14:20-15:58), Jimmy Witherspoon interviewed by Felix Grant on WMAL. Recorded November 7, 1983. Reproduction of radio interview produced at Washington, D.C. Station WMAL for broadcast on The Album Sound. Forms part of the Felix Grant Collection at the Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives. Original format: 1 sound tape reel (18 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips., full track mono; 7 in.