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Title Interview with Chris Albertson
Library Henry Hampton Collection, Film & Media Archive, Washington University Libraries
Collection Name Henry Hampton Collection
Collection Overview These oral history interviews are part of the 'I'll Make Me A World: African-American Artists in the 20th Century' collection, a celebration of some extraordinary achievements by African-American writers, dancers, painters, actors, musicians, and other influential artists of the 20th Century.
Date 7 Nov 1997 - 23 Sep 1998
Description Chris Albertson is a New York City-based jazz journalist, writer and record producer. In this interview Albertson discusses his interest in jazz and blues music and how he discovered these music genres after listening to a Bessie Smith recording on the Danish radio.
Document Type Oral History (Video)
Theme(s) Arts and Culture
Keywords music, arts, radio, womanhood
Places Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York
People Smith, Bessie; Rainey, Ma; Waters, Ethel; Hunter, Alberta; Parker, Charlie
Note Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of Washington University in St. Louis.
Name Albertson, Chris
Interviewer Pollard, Sam
Date of Recording 7 Nov 1997 - 23 Sep 1998
Duration 00:45:55
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