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Music USA: Transcript of interview with Billie Holiday

Transcript of Willis Conover's interview with Billie Holiday for Music USA program #447-B, broadcast March 20, 1956.

Date: February 15, 1956

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA: Transcript of interview with Dave Brubeck

Transcript of Willis Conover's interview with Dave Brubeck for Music USA program #357-B.

Date: November 10, 1955

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA: Transcript of interview with Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich; excerpt of interview with Bud Freeman

Transcript of Willis Conover's interview with Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich for Music USA program #310-B, completed on September 28, 1955. Final page is an excerpt of an interview with Bud Freeman at the Newport Jazz Festival, dated July 16, 1955.

Date: {1956-01-21, 1955-07-16}

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA: Transcript of Program Featuring Bing Crosby

Transcript of Willis Conover's interview with Bing Crosby, with scripts for Bing Crosby's introductions to musical selections. Text in the interview places it after Music USA #1422, the Irving Berlin tribute program (November 1958).

Date: 1958?

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #365-B, Interview with George Avakian

Willis Conover interviews George Avakian. This recording only contains the interview, and not the full program.

Date: November 29, 1955

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #357-B, Interview with Dave Brubeck

The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Dave Brubeck.

Date: November 10, 1955

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #131-B, Interview with Kai Winding

The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Kai Winding. This is the first interview conducted for Music USA.

Date: April 15, 1955

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #310-B, Interview with Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, Part I

The first part of the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich.

Date: September 28, 1955

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #191-B, Interview with Marian McPartland

The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Marian McPartland

Date: June 1, 1955

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #392-B, Interview with Milt Gabler, Part II

Part of the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Milt Gabler. "Laura," the last selection in this part, was not included in the final broadcast.

Date: December 1, 1955

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #300-B, Interview with Duke Ellington, Part I

The first part of the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections. The interview occurs in Part II.

Date: September 20, 1955

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #399-B, Interview with Bob Thiele and Steve Allen, Part I

The first part of the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Bob Thiele. The interview with Steve Allen occurs in Part II.

Date: December 2, 1955

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #310-B, Interview with Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, Part II

The second part of the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich.

Date: September 28, 1955

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #300-B, Interview with Duke Ellington, Part II

The second part of the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Duke Ellington.

Date: September 20, 1955

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #429-B, Interview with Eddie Condon

The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Eddie Condon.

Date: January 31, 1956

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #392-B, Interview with Milt Gabler, Part I

Part of the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Milt Gabler.

Date: December 1, 1955

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #392-B, Interview with Milt Gabler, Part III

Part of the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Milt Gabler. The first and second selections in this part, "Laura" and "Spanish Lace," were not included in the final broadcast.

Date: December 1, 1955

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #345-B, Interview with Peggy Lee

The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Peggy Lee.

Date: October 21, 1955

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Jazz in Eastern Europe: Joseph Sadlik interviews Jan Arnet on the Voice of America

Joseph Sadlik of the Voice of America interviews Czech bassist Jan Arnet.

Date: March 4, 1966

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Willis Conover interviews Charles McWhorter

Willis Conover interviews Charles McWhorter for the "Conversations with Conover" series.

Date: March 2, 1964

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #1092-A, Around the World at Christmas, Part I

Part I of the first hour of Music USA for broadcast on Christmas Day in 1957.

Date: October 23, 1957

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #1092-A, Around the World at Christmas, Part II

Part II of the first hour of Music USA for broadcast on Christmas Day in 1957.

Date: October 23, 1957

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Music USA #695-B, Hungarian Jazz Guests

The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, aired on November 23, 1956. This program features Hungarian jazz musicians who sent a recording to Conover shortly before the Hungarian Uprising of 1956; this hour was apparently was quickly assembled to replace the original program #695-B which had been recorded in October, but set aside for this replacement. The musicians remain unnamed, presumably for their safety, as Conover notes that it is unknown whether the musicians in the recording were still alive. Gerry Mulligan, Tony Scott, Quincy Jones, J.J. Johnson, and Billy Taylor comment on the musical selections.

Date: November 21, 1956

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

Louis Armstrong interview, fourth hour

The fourth of five hours of Louis Armstrong talking at length about his life and career. In this hour, Armstrong discusses playing the trumpet, his health, and race relations, with musical selections interspersed.

Date: July 13, 1956

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Partner: UNT Music Library

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