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Additional authors

1. Turrentine, Tommy
2. Murray, James Briggs
3. Owens, Jimmy
4. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
5. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (94 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. The oral history interview begins with Tommy Turrentine recounting his family and childhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and his early exposure to the trumpet. He was self-taught. He did not finish high school and concentrated on playing the trumpet in local bands with Snookum Russell. After playing with Russell, he joined Benny Carter's band that included Miles Davis. At this formative stage of his career, he was influenced by Fats Navarro's style of play, as well as Freddie Webster. He studied harmony and trumpet methods at this time. After he left Benny Carter's band, he played briefly with George Hudson before moving to New York to join Earl Bostic's band. After playing with Earl Bostic, he joined the Max Roach Quintet. He toured Europe with Max Roach in 1960. He talks about leaving the music scene due to alcohol and substance abuse, as well as physical illnesses and injuries to his lips sustained in an automobile accident that affected his ability to play the trumpet. He discusses the professional hardships involved in being a professional jazz musician. After his association with Max Roach ended, he played with various musicians, including Lou Donaldson and Sonny Clark.

Subject

1. Webster, Freddie, 1916-1947 > Influence
2. Bop (Music) > History
3. Turrentine, Tommy > Childhood and youth
4. Turrentine, Tommy > Interviews
5. Donaldson, Lou
6. Turrentine, Stanley
7. Bostic, Earl, 1913-1965 > Influence
8. Davis, Miles > Influence
9. Rhythm and blues music
10. Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 > Influence
11. Trumpet > Study and teaching
12. Jazz musicians > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh
13. Jazz > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History
14. Trumpet > Technique
15. Trumpet players > United States > Interviews
16. Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979 > Influence
17. Trumpet with jazz ensemble
18. Oral histories
19. Trumpet music (Jazz)
20. Swing (Music) > History
21. Roach, Max, 1924-2007 > Influence
22. Navarro, Fats, 1923-1950 > Influence
23. Brown, Clifford
24. African American musicians
25. Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
26. Clark, Sonny
27. Interviews
28. Turrentine, Tommy > Family
29. Carter, Benny > Influence
30. Hudson, George (Musician)
31. Russell, Snookum > Influence

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Oral histories.

Call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1091

Note

1. The Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project was funded by the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc.

Credits (note)

1. Producer, James Briggs Murray.

Terms of use (note)

1. Permission required to site, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.

Biography (note)

1. Thomas Walter Turrentine, Jr. (April 22, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- May 15, 1997) was a swing and hard bop trumpeter of the 1940s to 1960s, the older brother of saxophonist Stanley Turrentine. He played in the bands of Benny Carter, Earl Bostic, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, and Count Basie. He later recorded with Sonny Clark, Lou Donaldson, and his brother's bands. His working relationship with Max Roach came about in part when he joined the Max Roach Quintet in the late 1950s following the death of Clifford Brown.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Title

1. Oral history interview with Tommy Turrentine.

Production

1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1993.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Digital file characteristics

1. video file DVD

Performer

1. Interviewer, Jimmy Owens.

Credits

1. Producer, James Briggs Murray.

Event

1. Recorded August 12, 1993 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Terms of use

1. Permission required to site, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.

Biography

1. Thomas Walter Turrentine, Jr. (April 22, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- May 15, 1997) was a swing and hard bop trumpeter of the 1940s to 1960s, the older brother of saxophonist Stanley Turrentine. He played in the bands of Benny Carter, Earl Bostic, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, and Count Basie. He later recorded with Sonny Clark, Lou Donaldson, and his brother's bands. His working relationship with Max Roach came about in part when he joined the Max Roach Quintet in the late 1950s following the death of Clifford Brown.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Turrentine, Tommy, interviewee.
2. Murray, James Briggs, director.
3. Murray, James Briggs, producer.
4. Owens, Jimmy, 1943- interviewer.
5. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
6. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Research call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1091
2. Sc Visual VRC-18 MII