The HistoryMakers video oral history with Ray Chew.

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Ray Chew.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource (10 video files (4 hr., 46 min., 42 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:	English
Subject:	Chew, Raymond -- Interviews. African Americans -- Interviews. African Americans. Oral histories. Internet videos. Internet videos. Interviews. Oral histories.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11318603

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Varying Form of Title:	History Makers video oral history with Ray Chew Ray Chew
Other authors / contributors:	Chew, Raymond, interviewee. Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer. Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:	digital
Digital file characteristics:	video file
Notes:	Videographer, Matthew Hickey. Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer. Recorded Teaneck, New Jersey 2013 July 12. Vendor-supplied metadata.
Summary:	Music director Ray Chew was born in 1958, in Harlem, New York. Chew studied music education at the Julliard School Children's Program, and at the High School of Music and Arts in New York City. As a music arranger and multi-instrumentalist, Chew has worked with noted artists such as Gladys Knight, Quincy Jones, Diana Ross and Aretha Franklin. In 1974, Chew went on tour with recording artist and Broadway star Melba Moore. For more than twenty years, he was the music arranger on seven albums with the legendary duo Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson. In 2008, he served as the bandleader for the Democratic National Convention; and, in 2009, he was selected by President Barack Obama to direct the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball. Chew has been recruited as a musical director on a number of television shows including Saturday Night Live, Showtime at the Apollo, American Idol, and Dancing with the Stars.

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (10 video files (4 hr., 46 min., 42 sec.)) : sound, color. 044642
Playing Time:	04:46:42
Production Credits:	Videographer, Matthew Hickey.