| LC control no. | n 79006996 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3553.H327 |
| Personal name heading | Charters, Samuel, 1929-2015 |
| Variant(s) | Charters, Sam, 1929-2015 Čarters, Semjuel, 1929-2015 Charters, Samuel Barclay, IV, 1929-2015 Charters, Samuel Barclay |
| See also | Corporate body: Sam Charters' Washboard Jazz Band |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1929-08-01 |
| Death date | 2015-03-18 |
| Place of birth | Pittsburgh (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Årsta (Stockholm, Sweden) |
| Field of activity | Jazz--History and criticism Blues (Music)--History and criticism Folk music--History and criticism |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Ethnomusicologists Poets Sound recording executives and producers |
| Found in | His Mr. Jabi and Mr. Smythe, 1982: CIP t.p. (Samuel Charters) New Grove dict. of Amer. mus. (Charters, Samuel (Barclay); b. Aug. 1, 1929, Pittsburgh, PA; jazz, blues, and folk-music scholar) Literature and its writers, c2001: t.p. (Samuel Charters) p. x (taught creative writing; he has written novels, poetry, and a book of criticism on American poetry; ethnomusicologist; produces blues and jazz recordings) Contemporary authors online, July 10, 2013 (Samuel Barclay Charters; also known as Samuel Charters; born August 1, 1929, Pittsburgh, PA; ethnomusicologist, writer, and poet. Folkways Records, New York City, recording director, 1956-63; Prestige Records, Bergenfield, NJ, recording editor, beginning 1963; Sonet Grammofon AB, Stockholm, Sweden, producer, 1970-1984; Vanguard Recording Society, New York City, producer, 1965-1970, and 1984-) Wikipedia, July 10, 2013 (Samuel Charters; born Samuel Barclay Charters, August 1, 1929, Pittsburgh, Pa.; his name also appears as Sam Charters; American music historian, writer, record producer, musician, and poet; widely published author on the subjects of blues and jazz music, as well as a writer of fiction) OCLC database, July 10, 2013 (usage: Samuel Charters [predominant], Samuel Barclay Charters IV, Samuel B. Charters, Semjuel Čarters, Sam Charters) New York times (online), viewed Mar. 19, 2015 (in obituary published Mar. 18: Samuel Charters; Samuel Barclay Charters IV; b. Aug. 1, 1929, Pittsburgh; d. Wednesday [Mar. 18, 2015], Arsta, Sweden, aged 85; his books and field research helped detonate the blues and folk music revival of the 1960s and 1970s) |
| Associated language | eng |
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