Interview with Al Kooper, American songwriter, record producer and musician, 1999

Katz, Larry (Interviewer)

Kooper, Al (Interviewee)

English

1999

Sound recording

Interviews

Sound Recording

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Interviewed in person at his Somerville home, Kooper is ending his stint teaching at Berklee as his band of Berklee colleagues, the Funky Faculty, makes its debut at the House of Blues in Cambridge.--Larry Katz

The Larry Katz collection, 1980-2005 consists of interviews recorded on audiocassettes conducted by Larry Katz, a reporter, critic, columnist and editor at Real Paper (1980-1981), The Boston Herald (1981-2011) and the resulting publications. For decades he interviewed some of the most established names in music as well as overlooked pioneers, talented newcomers and Boston-area legends. Most of the interviews are with musicians and singers, but there are also many with persons involved in the recording, film, theater, television and literary industries.

This recording was digitized from an analog audiovisual item. Due to the age and properties of the original item, you may experience poor audio and/or video quality and breaks in the content.

Interview for Boston Herald article titled, "The Koop is flying - Rock legend Al Kooper is ending his class act at Berklee - Rock legend Kooper is flying Berklee coop" by Larry Katz, published January 14, 2000.

Larry Katz collection

Music trade -- Interviews
Art and popular culture -- Massachusetts -- Boston

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