Bernard Fields, Full Interview
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Bernard Fields
Date: Time Period: 1959 - 2016; 2016-05-09; Interview recorded: May 9, 2016
Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:57:49
Creator: Bernard Fields
Identifier: aql:19846 qmp-bf-full-000004
Description: In this interview Mr. Fields talks about the origin of the DJ as musicians during the early days of hip-hop and his childhood in Queens. Bernard Fields was born on April 10th, 1959 in Harlem. His family moved to Brooklyn and finally to South Ozone Park, Queens in 1966 where he lived for the rest of his life. He first started to play music with other local kids in his basement and then later in public spaces such as Ajax Park and Baisley Park in Jamaica, Queens. He became interested in DJ’ing and started to think seriously about it as an art form when his hip-hop group was asked to play in a local club and he saw their name on a flyer. Bernard got his nickname "DJ Casino" while he was doing graffiti on a wall.
Creator :
Bernard Fields
Date :
Time Period: 1959 - 2016; 2016-05-09; Interview recorded: May 9, 2016
Summary/Description :
In this interview Mr. Fields talks about the origin of the DJ as musicians during the early days of hip-hop and his childhood in Queens. Bernard Fields was born on April 10th, 1959 in Harlem. His family moved to Brooklyn and finally to South Ozone Park, Queens in 1966 where he lived for the rest of his life. He first started to play music with other local kids in his basement and then later in public spaces such as Ajax Park and Baisley Park in Jamaica, Queens. He became interested in DJ’ing and started to think seriously about it as an art form when his hip-hop group was asked to play in a local club and he saw their name on a flyer. Bernard got his nickname "DJ Casino" while he was doing graffiti on a wall.
Subject :
Disc jockeys; Music; Hip-hop
Rights :
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: South Ozone Park, Queens, NY South Ozone Park (New York, N.Y.) Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:57:49
Identifier :
aql:19846 qmp-bf-full-000004
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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