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The full transcript for the fifth interview in our project, with trombonist and band leader Bobby Felder

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The index for the fifth interview in our project, with trombonist and band leader Bobby Felder

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The full video for the fifth interview in our project, with trombonist and band leader Bobby Felder

Abstract The index for our fourth interview in the project, with bassist Corcoran Holt. Corcoran Holt was raised in the Petworth and Sixteenth Street Heights neighborhoods. His parents instilled a love of a wide range of music in him from an early age – as well as the importance and value of community – and his father introduced him to music through a west-African drum class when Holt was 4. He would then start playing bass at age 10 while his parents took him to local jazz clubs to see some of the...

Abstract The full video of our fourth interview in the project, with bassist Corcoran Holt. Corcoran Holt was raised in the Petworth and Sixteenth Street Heights neighborhoods. His parents instilled a love of a wide range of music in him from an early age – as well as the importance and value of community – and his father introduced him to music through a west-African drum class when Holt was 4. He would then start playing bass at age 10 while his parents took him to local jazz clubs to see some of...

Abstract The full transcript of our fourth interview in the project, with bassist Corcoran Holt. Corcoran Holt was raised in the Petworth and Sixteenth Street Heights neighborhoods. His parents instilled a love of a wide range of music in him from an early age – as well as the importance and value of community – and his father introduced him to music through a west-African drum class when Holt was 4. He would then start playing bass at age 10 while his parents took him to local jazz clubs to see some...

Abstract The index for our interview with Richard 'Dick' Smith – jazz vocalist, activist, and co-founder of the 'Jazz Night' series at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Smith talks about growing up in Hamilton, Ohio, and his early ideas of community being formed from the neighborhoods he lived in, as well as formative musical experiences singing in local groups. He talks about his success as a football player for Northwestern University and the Washington Redskins before he got deeply involved in the...

Abstract The video of our interview with Richard 'Dick' Smith – jazz vocalist, activist, and co-founder of the 'Jazz Night' series at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Smith talks about growing up in Hamilton, Ohio, and his early ideas of community being formed from the neighborhoods he lived in, as well as formative musical experiences singing in local groups. He talks about his success as a football player for Northwestern University and the Washington Redskins before he got deeply involved in the...

Abstract The full transcript of our interview with Richard 'Dick' Smith – jazz vocalist, activist, and co-founder of the 'Jazz Night' series at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Smith talks about growing up in Hamilton, Ohio, and his early ideas of community being formed from the neighborhoods he lived in, as well as formative musical experiences singing in local groups. He talks about his success as a football player for Northwestern University and the Washington Redskins before he got deeply...

Abstract The index for our third interview in the project, with saxophonist and jazz activist Herb Scott. Herbert 'Herb' Scott is a saxophonist and activist who was born and raised in Washington, D.C. Growing up with a jazz-loving father – who remembered the glory days of U Street as 'Black Broadway' and a mecca for jazz – Scott took up the saxophone as he travailed the D.C. public school system around Petworth and Fort Totten. Attending Duke Ellington School of the Arts for high school (while also...