Central Avenue sounds
Subtitle: Art Farmer
By: interviewed by Steven L. Isoardi.
Contributors: Isoardi, Steven Louis, 1949- interviewer.; University of California, Los Angeles. Oral History Program.
Publisher: Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles
Published: 1995
Place of publication: [Los Angeles]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
Subjects: Farmer, Art,; Carter, Benny.; Collette, Buddy, 1921-; Criss, Sonny, 1927-1977.; Davis, Miles.; Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993.; Gordon, Dexter, 1923-; McGhee, Howard, 1918-; Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955.; American Federation of Musicians.; Jazz musicians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews.; Central Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Genres: Interviews.
Description: Farmer discusses his life through the early 1950s, with emphasis on his early life in Phoenix, AZ, the Central Avenue jazz scene, his year at Jefferson High School in LA and his early career as a musician.