"Imagination" by Ira Sullivan
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Title
"Imagination" by Ira Sullivan
Alternative Title
"Imagination" by Ira Sullivan
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Music--United States
Jazz--United States
Description
An audio recording of "Imagination," composed by Jimmy Van Heusen (1913-1990), with lyrics by Johnny Burke (1908-1964), and performed by Ira Sullivan (b. 1931) live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 8, 2006. A multi-instrumentalist, Sullivan was a crucial part of the Chicago jazz scene of the 1950s, performing with numerous artists, including a stint with Art Blakey (1919-1990) and the Jazz Messengers in 1956. He left the spotlight and moved to Florida to raise his family in the early 1960s, eventually starting a quintet with Red Rodney (1927-1994). Sullivan taught summers at the University of Miami's Young Musician's Camp, in which professional musicians and faculty from the UM School of Music instructed students between 7 and 18 years old in classical music, jazz, rock, songwriting, composition, and musical theater. "Imagination" is a 1940 jazz standard that has been recorded by numerous artists. The best-selling recordings were by Glenn Miller (1904-1944) and Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956) in 1940, but Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) is considered by many to be the definitive jazz interpreter of the song.
Creator
Van Heusen, Jimmy
Burke, Johnny
Source
Original 7-minute and 1-second audio recording: Van Heusen, Jimmy, and Johnny Burke. "Imagination," by Ira Sullivan: WUCF-FM, Orlando, Florida, December 8, 2006.
Publisher
Date Created
2006-12-08
Date Copyrighted
2006-12-08
Date Issued
2006-12-08
Contributor
Sullivan, Ira
Is Part Of
Jazz Collection, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida
Requires
Multimedia software, such as QuickTime.
Format
audio/mp3
Extent
6.42 MB
Medium
7-minute and 1-second audio recording
Type
Sound
Coverage
WUCF-FM, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
Young Musicians Camp, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Chicago, Illinois
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Humanities Teacher
Music Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke, performed by Ira Sullivan, and published by WUCF-FM.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
Source Repository
External Reference
Meredith, Bill. "Ira Sullivan: Family First." Jazz Times, December 2007. http://jazztimes.com/articles/19200-ira-sullivan-family-first (Accessed March 23, 2015).
Collection
Citation
Van Heusen, Jimmy and Burke, Johnny, “"Imagination" by Ira Sullivan,” RICHES, accessed April 24, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4857.