Shirley Chatters Bloom and Jonathan Bloom

Shirley Chatters Bloom and her son Jonathan Bloom talk with New Orleans historian Al Kennedy about their lives in music and music education. Shirley Chatters Bloom is a violinist and vocalist who sang with Paul Robeson and taught at the Grunewald School of Music. Jonathan Bloom is a noted percussionist and dedicated music educator in New Orleans. In 2012, Shirley Chatters Bloom and Jonathan Bloom received the Clyde Kerr Senior Award honoring outstanding achievement in music education.
Recorded as part of "Let Them Talk: Conversations on Louisiana Music" sponsored and presented by French Quarter Festivals, Inc. and the New Orleans Jazz Historic Park, with support from The Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies at The University of New Orleans, The Hogan Jazz Archives at Tulane University, and the Louisiana State Museum. Recorded April 14, 2012, at the Louisiana State Museum's Old U.S. Mint, New Orleans, LA.