1 Funding for the Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program NEA Jazz Master interview was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. DANNY BARKER NEA Jazz Master (1991) Interviewee: Danny Barker (December 13, 1909 – March 13, 1994) Interviewer: Michael White (1954 - ) Date: July 21-23, 1992 Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution Description: Transcript, 113 pp. Note: Expletives have been deleted from this Web version of the transcript, and are marked thus: [expletive deleted]. An unaltered transcript is available for use by researchers at the Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Barker: [coughs violently] Good introduction. Louisiana altitude. Whatever. White: The climate, huh? Barker: Yeah, the climate get to you. White: I know very well who you are, but would you like to state for us your full name and . Barker: Whole name is Daniel Barker. White: Middle name? Barker: Sometimes. Most times, not. Moses. Daniel Moses Barker. White: Can you tell us when and where you were born? For additional information contact the Archives Center at 202.633.3270 or
[email protected] 2 Barker: Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the French Quarter, 1027 Chartres Street, January 13, 1909. White: Could you tell me a little about your parents? Were they from New Orleans? Barker: Yes. Parents were from New Orleans. White: What occupation did your father have? Barker: My father was a drayman, that is, he was a delivery man for a wine company. New Orleans is a French town. They’re very fond of wine. Most of the restaurants have big displays of various sorts of European wines.