Ted Wald, Virginia Wald interview
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- Title:
- Ted Wald, Virginia Wald interview
- Date:
- June 25, 2005
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- Description:
- Ted Wald (b 1929) was born in New York City. He was a bass player who took part in many loft jam sessions in the early 1960s. In the summer of 1961, he met teenager Virginia McEwan in the loft and married her many years later, and they eventually settled together in Port Townsend, WA. Virginia Wald (b 1944) was born in Wilmington, DE. In May of 1961, Wald left her home in Cincinnati to accompany her boyfriend, saxophonist Lin Halliday to New York. The couple frequently visited the loft, where Wald also completed lessons for high school correspondence courses. During the summer of 1961, Wald revived pianist Sonny Clark by performing amateur CPR after he collapsed from a heroin overdose. Today, she lives in Port Townsend, Washington, with her husband, bassist Ted Wald, whom she originally met at 821 Sixth Avenue. In multiple interviews, the Walds talk about their experiences at the Jazz Loft (where they first met in 1961) and their interactions with of its inhabitants and visitors including Freddy Greenwell, Tom Wayburn, and Lee Konitz. Ted discusses what it was like to perform at gigs in the city and making jazz recordings. Both talk about W. Eugene Smith and his living space in the Jazz Loft. Virginia also talks about her relationships with other musicians including Paul Butterfield and Lin Halliday (who first took her to the Jazz Loft). Of particular note is Virginia's story about Lin Halliday and Sonny Clark taking drugs in the 4th floor hallway of the Jazz Loft building.
- Format:
- interviews
- Digital Collection:
- Jazz Loft Project records
- Source Collection:
- Jazz Loft Project records, 1950-2012 and undated, bulk 2002-2009
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