Percussionist Buck Clarke / interviewed by James Graves.

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KZ1742

Description:

The late Bukc Clarke started playing conga drums in the early fifties, and recorded with Freddie Hubbard, Art Blakey, Cannonball Adderly, Eddie Harris and Nina Simone. He discusses his life and career in music, and is one of the last interview with Clarke before his death during a rehearsal at the Musicians Union Local 47 in Los Angeles.|PERCUSSIONIST BUKC CLARKE / interviewed by James Graves. - SERIES: Night journey - The late Bukc Clarke started playing conga drums in the early fifties, and recorded with Freddie Hubbard, Art Blakey, Cannonball Adderly, Eddie Harris and Nina Simone. He discusses his life and career in music, and is one of the last interview with Clarke before his death during a rehearsal at the Musicians Union Local 47 in Los Angeles. - RECORDED: 15 Aug. 1987.

Station:

KPFK

Date Recorded on:

15 Aug. 1987.

Date Broadcast on:

-0-

Item duration:

1 reel (60 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.|59:30

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Precussionists -- Personal narratives.

Jazz musicians -- Personal narratives.

Percussionist Buck Clarke / interviewed by James Graves.

Blakey, Art.

ADDERLY, CANNONBALL.

Harris, Eddie.

Distributor:

Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1987.

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