Central Avenue sounds : Buddy Collette : oral history transcript / interviewed by Steven L. Isoardi ; completed under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1993.

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Central Avenue sounds : Buddy Collette : oral history transcript / interviewed by Steven L. Isoardi ; completed under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1993.

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Saxophonist Buddy Collette discusses his early years and the Central avenue jazz scene; many African-American musicians; political awareness; hiring of African-American musicians, and general conditions in the music business.

Transcript: 2 v. (xi, 778 leaves) : port. ; 29 cm.

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Isoardi, Steven Louis, 1949-

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Collette, Buddy, 1921-2010

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Jazz musician William "Buddy" Collette was born on August 6, 1921 in Los Angeles, California to Willie Hugh and Goldie Marie Collette. Collette cultivated his love for music at a young age, taking up the alto-saxophone and forming his first group at age twelve. This group included Britt Woodman on the trombone and Charles Mingus on the bass. By age seventeen, Collette was performing professionally and soon thereafter, he served in the U.S. Navy as a bandleader during World War II.After returning...

University of California, Los Angeles. Oral History Program

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