Grammy Award winning jazz musician McCoy Tyner in a 1995 interview with State of the Arts host Amber Edwards. Tyner discusses his meteoric rise to fame when at the age of 17 he became part of the legendary John Coltrane Quartet along with his early years growing up in Philadelphia. Tyner performs solo renditions of Blue Stride and Flying High.
—Peter Blasevick
For the fourth installment of Guitar Week at TNYDP, here are two interviews with the great Herb Ellis. Herb played with so many of the greats, but is of course best known for his many years with the Oscar Peterson Trio. Both interviews are from the Hamilton College Library Digital Collection, and are in text and audio format.
Click here to read Herb Ellis 1995
Click here to read Herb Ellis 2000
The great trumpet player speaks about Basie, Lester Young, Louis Armstrong, and much more in this 1995 interview with Monk Rowe. Text and audio versions of this interview are hosted at the Hamilton College Library Jazz Archive:
Click here for Harry “Sweets” Edison in 1995
This interview with the great cornetist took place on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship where he was playing a stint with a group of musicians that included Jimmy Cobb. The link brings you to a page at the Hamilton College Library and has links to both the text and audio interviews.
Click here to read Nat Adderley 1995
This interview from 1995 by Raoul Van Hall for KMDH 89.1 Jazz Radio in Portland Oregon covers everything from the pianist’s early influences, trademark tunes like Take 5 and and Blue Rondo A La Turk, and playing for every president since JFK.
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