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Interviews with Morris E. ("Gene") Hall, a musician and college professor, concerning his reflections and personal role in establishing the jazz studies program in the College of Music at North Texas State College.
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Oral History Interviews with Gene Hall, February 1991
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Oral History Interview with Gene Hall, February 9
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Oral History Interview with Gene Hall, February 14, 1991
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Oral History Interview with Gene Hall, February 18, 1991
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Oral History Interview with Gene Hall, February 19, 1991
Description
Interviews with Morris E. ("Gene") Hall, a musician and college professor, concerning his reflections and personal role in establishing the jazz studies program in the College of Music at North Texas State College.
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[2], 255, 11 p. ; 28 cm.
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Summary: Interview with Morris E. ("Gene") Hall, a musician and college professor, concerning his reflections and personal role in establishing the jazz studies program in the College of Music at North Texas State College. Hall discusses his early music career, his student days at North Texas, his graduate studies at New York University, establishing the jazz studies program, organizing the Lab Bands, Kenton Clinics, and his experiences at Michigan State University, College of the Desert, and Stephen F. Austin State University. He also talks about his role in the founding of the National Association of Jazz Studies, his teaching methods, his personal theories and concepts of jazz, the deans of the North Texas College of Music, and his relationship with university administrators.
Interview conducted in 1991 for the University of North Texas (College of Music) History Oral History Project.
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Marcello, Ronald E.; Cogswell, Michael & Hall, Gene (Conductor).Oral History Interviews with Gene Hall, February 1991,
book,
February 1991;
Denton, Texas.
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1978503/:
accessed June 3, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Oral History Program.