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 Art Pepper / interviewed by Felix Grant, April 22, 1981; Art Pepper discusses his career with interviewer and radio host Felix Grant. Pepper is featured on excerpts from recordings selected by Grant., Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:30:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 pepper_art2.rm: 23763300 bytes, checksum: 73cba2df9b9d68714fb1b5c2ac2da35a (MD5) manifest.xml: 3409 bytes, checksum: 44c893350dbdf5e153e8b9c23e8fc0b5 (MD5), Straight life / A. Pepper (03:53-04:35) -- Anthropology / C. Parker (06:18-07:07) -- Miss who? / A. Pepper (12:27-13:17) -- Musical Selection (15:03-15:41) -- Musical Selection (22:34-23:37) -- Straight no chaser / T. Monk (24:45-25:42) -- Blues for Les / A. Pepper (27:35-30:39), Art Pepper interviewed by Felix Grant on WMAL. Recorded April 22, 1981. 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 cassette (31 min.)

: Interview with Art Pepper / interviewed by Felix Grant, November 1, 1979; Art Pepper discusses his career with interviewer and radio host Felix Grant. Pepper is featured on alto saxophone, tenor saxophone and clarinet on excerpts from recordings selected by Grant. Pepper's wife, Laurie, is present in studio and speaks briefly., Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:31:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 pepper_art1.rm: 38511187 bytes, checksum: 0a6b5ab4059a2c8ffd1be93ca56ada2b (MD5) manifest.xml: 3411 bytes, checksum: b5795b3f3c5317c3bd52736476a5c9f6 (MD5), Harlem folk dance / S. Kenton (05:34-07:45) -- Unison riff / P. Rugolo (11:30-14:35) -- Tickle toe / L. Young (15:48-16:43) -- You're driving me crazy / Donaldson (17:33-18:44) -- Ballad in blue / H. Carmichael (26:19-28:36) -- Musical selection (29:51-31:01) -- Move / D. Best (32:37-34:07) -- Anthropology / D. Gillespie, C. Parker, W. Bishop (35:20-36:53) -- Chris's blues / A. Pepper (39:57-40:58) -- Patricia / A. Pepper (42:06-49:43), Art Pepper interviewed by Felix Grant on WMAL. Recorded November 1, 1979. 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 (50 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips., full track mono; 7 in.