[Maxine Sullivan talks about her life as a neighborhood volunteer with a program called The house that jazz built, in the South Bronx] / [with Frank Blair].

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Maxine Sullivan, jazz vocalist and performer, discusses her life as a neighborhood volunteer. Sullivan describes what it has been like transitioning from being a professional singer to a volunteer community worker. Sullivan also talks about hosting an after school program where she exposes kids to j...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Broadcaster)
Other Authors: Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987 (Interviewee)
Blair, Frank, 1915- (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [1981]
Subjects:
Sullivan, Maxine, > 1911-1987.
Volunteers > New York (State) > New York > Interviews.
House That Jazz Built (Project)
Music and children > New York (State) > New York.
Jazz.
Community-based social services > New York (State) > New York.
Voluntarism > New York (State) > New York.
Career changes.
Interviews.
Nonfiction television programs.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Nonfiction television programs.
Sound recordings.
Physical Description:1 audio file (5 min., 27 sec.)
Other Uniform Title:Over easy (Television program)
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
Maxine Sullivan, jazz vocalist and performer, discusses her life as a neighborhood volunteer. Sullivan describes what it has been like transitioning from being a professional singer to a volunteer community worker. Sullivan also talks about hosting an after school program where she exposes kids to jazz music in a community center she founded in South Bronx which she calls "The house that jazz built."
Note:Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 34887
M3735 bd.5
Playing Time:00:05:27
Event Details:
Broadcast on PBS (Over easy), July 15, 1981.
Source of Description:
Description based on open-reel tape version record.