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Why Jazz Still Matters Jazz Still Matters Why Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Journal of the American Academy
Dædalus Spring 2019 Why Jazz Still Matters Spring 2019 Why Dædalus Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Spring 2019 Why Jazz Still Matters Gerald Early & Ingrid Monson, guest editors with Farah Jasmine Griffin Gabriel Solis · Christopher J. Wells Kelsey A. K. Klotz · Judith Tick Krin Gabbard · Carol A. Muller Dædalus Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences “Why Jazz Still Matters” Volume 148, Number 2; Spring 2019 Gerald Early & Ingrid Monson, Guest Editors Phyllis S. Bendell, Managing Editor and Director of Publications Peter Walton, Associate Editor Heather M. Struntz, Assistant Editor Committee on Studies and Publications John Mark Hansen, Chair; Rosina Bierbaum, Johanna Drucker, Gerald Early, Carol Gluck, Linda Greenhouse, John Hildebrand, Philip Khoury, Arthur Kleinman, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Alan I. Leshner, Rose McDermott, Michael S. McPherson, Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Scott D. Sagan, Nancy C. Andrews (ex officio), David W. Oxtoby (ex officio), Diane P. Wood (ex officio) Inside front cover: Pianist Geri Allen. Photograph by Arne Reimer, provided by Ora Harris. © by Ross Clayton Productions. Contents 5 Why Jazz Still Matters Gerald Early & Ingrid Monson 13 Following Geri’s Lead Farah Jasmine Griffin 23 Soul, Afrofuturism & the Timeliness of Contemporary Jazz Fusions Gabriel Solis 36 “You Can’t Dance to It”: Jazz Music and Its Choreographies of Listening Christopher J. Wells 52 Dave Brubeck’s Southern Strategy Kelsey A. K. Klotz 67 Keith Jarrett, Miscegenation & the Rise of the European Sensibility in Jazz in the 1970s Gerald Early 83 Ella Fitzgerald & “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” Berlin 1968: Paying Homage to & Signifying on Soul Music Judith Tick 92 La La Land Is a Hit, but Is It Good for Jazz? Krin Gabbard 104 Yusef Lateef’s Autophysiopsychic Quest Ingrid Monson 115 Why Jazz? South Africa 2019 Carol A. -
Jazz and Radio in the United States: Mediation, Genre, and Patronage
Jazz and Radio in the United States: Mediation, Genre, and Patronage Aaron Joseph Johnson Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2014 © 2014 Aaron Joseph Johnson All rights reserved ABSTRACT Jazz and Radio in the United States: Mediation, Genre, and Patronage Aaron Joseph Johnson This dissertation is a study of jazz on American radio. The dissertation's meta-subjects are mediation, classification, and patronage in the presentation of music via distribution channels capable of reaching widespread audiences. The dissertation also addresses questions of race in the representation of jazz on radio. A central claim of the dissertation is that a given direction in jazz radio programming reflects the ideological, aesthetic, and political imperatives of a given broadcasting entity. I further argue that this ideological deployment of jazz can appear as conservative or progressive programming philosophies, and that these tendencies reflect discursive struggles over the identity of jazz. The first chapter, "Jazz on Noncommercial Radio," describes in some detail the current (circa 2013) taxonomy of American jazz radio. The remaining chapters are case studies of different aspects of jazz radio in the United States. Chapter 2, "Jazz is on the Left End of the Dial," presents considerable detail to the way the music is positioned on specific noncommercial stations. Chapter 3, "Duke Ellington and Radio," uses Ellington's multifaceted radio career (1925-1953) as radio bandleader, radio celebrity, and celebrity DJ to examine the medium's shifting relationship with jazz and black American creative ambition. -
The Singing Guitar
August 2011 | No. 112 Your FREE Guide to the NYC Jazz Scene nycjazzrecord.com Mike Stern The Singing Guitar Billy Martin • JD Allen • SoLyd Records • Event Calendar Part of what has kept jazz vital over the past several decades despite its commercial decline is the constant influx of new talent and ideas. Jazz is one of the last renewable resources the country and the world has left. Each graduating class of New York@Night musicians, each child who attends an outdoor festival (what’s cuter than a toddler 4 gyrating to “Giant Steps”?), each parent who plays an album for their progeny is Interview: Billy Martin another bulwark against the prematurely-declared demise of jazz. And each generation molds the music to their own image, making it far more than just a 6 by Anders Griffen dusty museum piece. Artist Feature: JD Allen Our features this month are just three examples of dozens, if not hundreds, of individuals who have contributed a swatch to the ever-expanding quilt of jazz. by Martin Longley 7 Guitarist Mike Stern (On The Cover) has fused the innovations of his heroes Miles On The Cover: Mike Stern Davis and Jimi Hendrix. He plays at his home away from home 55Bar several by Laurel Gross times this month. Drummer Billy Martin (Interview) is best known as one-third of 9 Medeski Martin and Wood, themselves a fusion of many styles, but has also Encore: Lest We Forget: worked with many different artists and advanced the language of modern 10 percussion. He will be at the Whitney Museum four times this month as part of Dickie Landry Ray Bryant different groups, including MMW. -
Joe Henderson: a Biographical Study of His Life and Career Joel Geoffrey Harris
University of Northern Colorado Scholarship & Creative Works @ Digital UNC Dissertations Student Research 12-5-2016 Joe Henderson: A Biographical Study of His Life and Career Joel Geoffrey Harris Follow this and additional works at: http://digscholarship.unco.edu/dissertations © 2016 JOEL GEOFFREY HARRIS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO Greeley, Colorado The Graduate School JOE HENDERSON: A BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF HIS LIFE AND CAREER A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Arts Joel Geoffrey Harris College of Performing and Visual Arts School of Music Jazz Studies December 2016 This Dissertation by: Joel Geoffrey Harris Entitled: Joe Henderson: A Biographical Study of His Life and Career has been approved as meeting the requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Arts in the College of Performing and Visual Arts in the School of Music, Program of Jazz Studies Accepted by the Doctoral Committee __________________________________________________ H. David Caffey, M.M., Research Advisor __________________________________________________ Jim White, M.M., Committee Member __________________________________________________ Socrates Garcia, D.A., Committee Member __________________________________________________ Stephen Luttmann, M.L.S., M.A., Faculty Representative Date of Dissertation Defense ________________________________________ Accepted by the Graduate School _______________________________________________________ Linda L. Black, Ed.D. Associate Provost and Dean Graduate School and International Admissions ABSTRACT Harris, Joel. Joe Henderson: A Biographical Study of His Life and Career. Published Doctor of Arts dissertation, University of Northern Colorado, December 2016. This study provides an overview of the life and career of Joe Henderson, who was a unique presence within the jazz musical landscape. It provides detailed biographical information, as well as discographical information and the appropriate context for Henderson’s two-hundred sixty-seven recordings. -
SLIDE Mc BRIDE SONG LIST Jazz/Lounge/Acoustic Ain't Misbehavin
SLIDE Mc BRIDE SONG LIST jazz/lounge/acoustic pop/rock/dance Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Fats Waller) A Little Less Conversation (Elvis Presley) Ain't That A Kick In the Head (Dean Martin) Accidentally In Love (Counting Crows) All of Me (Frank Sinatra) Allstar (Smashmouth) All Shook Up (Elvis Presley) All Day and All of the Night (Kinks) Autumn Leaves (Nat King Cole) All You Need Is Love (The Beatles) Better Together (Jack Johnson) All The Small Things (Blink 182) Beyond The Sea (Bobby Darin/Robbie Williams) Angels (Robbie Williams) Blue Moon Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Jet) Blue Monk (Theolonius Monk) Are You Gonna Go My Way (Lenny Kravitz) Blue Suede Shoes (Elvis Presley) Better Man (Robbie Williams) Boogie Blues Big Yellow Taxi(Counting Crows/Joni Mitchell) Bye Bye Blackbird (Miles Davis) Blister In the Sun (Violent Femmes) C.C.Rider (Elvis Presley) Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison) Cantaloupe Island ( Herbie Hancock) Brown Sugar (Rolling Stones) Cheek to Cheek (Fred Astaire) Busta Move (Young MC) Come Fly With Me (Frank Sinatra) Can't Buy Me Love (Beatles) Cool Struttin' (Sonny Clark) Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Baby (B White) Corcovado (A.C.Jobim) Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Franki Valli) Close To You (The Carpenters) Catch My Disease (Ben Lee) Darktown Strutter's Ball (Ted Mulray) Celebration (Kool & Gang) Don't Worry 'Bout a Thing (Mose Allison) Come Together (Beatles) Everything (Michael Buble) Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen) Fever (Peggy Lee) Dancing Queen (Abba) Flat Foot Floogee (Slim Galliard) Dani California (Chili Peppers) Fly -
Leo Parker “Mad Lad ”
1 The BARITONESAX of LEO PARKER “MAD LAD ” Solographer: Jan Evensmo Last update: April 6, 2020 2 Born: Washington D. C., April 18, 1925 Died: NYC. Feb. 11, 1962 Introduction: Leo Parker was one of the very first bebop baritonesax performers and therefore an interesting subject. However, I am not sure we liked his playing very much …, too rough for us. Nevertheless, as time goes by, it is obvious that he is a candidate for jazz archeology! History: He first recorded on alto saxophone with Coleman Hawkins in 1944 (not quite true, see below). He changed to baritone saxophone during his tenure with Billy Eckstine’s orchestra (1944-46) and became known as one of the finest performers in the bop style on that instrument, modelling his playing on that of Charlie Parker. He worked on 52nd Street with a small group led by Dizzy Gillespie in 1946, and performed briefly in Gillespie’s big band. His recording with Sir Charles Thompson of “Mad Lad” (1947), which gained him wider public attention, demonstrates a style of improvisation combining elements of bop with an extroverted rhythm-and-blues idiom. In 1947 Leo Parker joined the group led by Illinois Jacquet and worked intermittently with Jacquet into the 1950s. In the 50s LP had problems with drug abuse, which interfered with his recording career. He recorded two albums as a leader shortly before his death by heart attack (ref. New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, and Wikipedia). 3 LEO PARKER SOLOGRAPHY TRUMMY YOUNG Chi. Feb. 7, 1944 Trummy Young (tb), Leo Parker (as), Harry Curtis (ts), John Malachi (p), Tommy Potter (b), Eddie Byrd (dm). -
Biography -- Printable Version
Biography -- Printable Version Peter Wolf's Historical Biography Written & Researched by Bryan Wiser, and Sheila Warren with Mimi Fox. Born in New York City, Peter grew up in the Bronx during the mid-1950's in a small, three-room apartment where he lived with his parents, older sister, two cats, dog and parakeet. For some time, Peter lived with his grandmother, an actress in New York City's Yiddish Theater. She and Peter had a strong bond, and she affectionately named him "Little Wolf" for his energetic and rambunctious ways. His father was a musician, vaudevillian and singer of light opera. Like Peter did years later, his father left home at age fourteen to join the Schubert Theater Touring Company with which he traveled the country performing light operas such as The Student Prince and Merry Widow. He had his own radio show called The Boy Baritone, which featured new songs from Tin Pan Alley, and was a member of the Robert Shaw Chorale. As a result of such artistic pursuits, Peter's father underwent long periods of unemployment that created a struggle to make financial ends meet. Peter's mother was an elegant and attractive woman who taught inner-city children in the South Bronx for 27 years. A political activist, union organizer and staunch civil rights advocate, she supported racial equality by attending many of the southern "freedom rides" and marches. Peter's older sister was also a teacher as well as a photographer who now works as an advocate for persons with disabilities. She continues her mother's tradition, often marching on Washington to support the rights of the disabled. -
John Jenkins
1 The ALTOSAX of JOHN JENKINS Solographer: Jan Evensmo Last update: May 4, 2020 2 Born: Chicago, Jan. 3, 1931 Died: July 12, 1993 Introduction: I have to admit I had never heard of John Jenkins until into my mature years, but then I found his personal style very interesting and he certainly deserves his solography and recognition. Through a brief period of seven months in 1957, he participated in several recording sessions with the cream of his contemporaries, and he was obviously considered a great talent. Why he quit in the middle of success is not known. History: Jenkins initially studied clarinet in high school but switched to saxophone after six months on the instrument. He played in jam sessions led by Joe Segal at Roosevelt College from 1949-1956. He played with Art Farmer in 1955 and led his own group at the Bee Hive in Chicago in December that year. In 1957 he played with Charlie Mingus and recorded two albums as a leader. He played as a sideman with Johnny Griffin, Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Paul Quinichette, Clifford Jordan, Sahib Shihab and Wilbur Ware in 1957 (not the late 1950s and early 1960s as stated), but essentially dropped out of music after 1962, aside from a few dates with Gloria Coleman. After leaving the jazz world he worked as a messenger in New York and dabbled in jewelry; he sold brass objects at street fairs in the 1970s. After 1983 he began practicing again and playing live on street corners; shortly before his death he played with Clifford Jordan (Wikipedia). -
FREDDIE WEBSTER (Tp) 1916-1947
“the trumpeter with the most beautiful sound ever” FREDDIE WEBSTER (tp) 1916-1947 by Mario Schneeberger first issue. 2003/02/05 last update: 2014/02/15 Preface Having learned of Freddie Webster’s fame as the trumpeter with the most beautiful sound ever, my appetite was whetted. I started to collect his records and presented him at the Jazz Circle Basel in 1992. Meanwhile more material has become available to me. This documentation is based on Ernie Edwards’ disco-/solography of Freddie Webster, established some decades ago. All updates with new material and new understanding are included. Some months ago Jan Evensmo has published a solography of Freddie Webster which contains private recordings by Newman at Monroe’s with Freddie’s participation, as well as interesting new attributions for trumpet solos with Earl Hines. Acknowledgements Albert Balzer, François Blank, Otto Flückiger, Yvan Fournier, Anna Galvani, Dieter Hartmann, Pierre Jaquier, Walter Manser, Theo Zwicky Personality Freddie Webster was much in demand for his great sound, praised by Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Idrees Sulieman,Benny Bailey and others to be the best they had ever heard. He was regarded as a key figure in the early Be-Bop movement. Miles Davis was among his admirers who followed his musical conception. Charles Mingus composed in 1965 “The Arts Of Tatum And Freddie Webster”. Legacy Freddie Webster has only rarely been recorded. Less than 60 solos have survived. He can be heard at his best on his feature YESTERDAYS with Jimmie Lunceford, on I FELL FOR YOU with Miss Rhapsody, on SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN with Frank Socolow and on MY KINDA LOVE with Sarah Vaughan. -
Tommy Irvine Jazz Collection SPC.2018.038
http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8g166g7 No online items Inventory of the Tommy Irvine Jazz Collection SPC.2018.038 Jade Delao California State University Dominguez Hills Archives and Special Collections 2018-12-05 University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor) 1000 E. Victoria St. Carson, CA 90747 [email protected] URL: https://www.csudh.edu/libarchives/ Inventory of the Tommy Irvine SPC.2018.038 1 Jazz Collection SPC.2018.038 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: California State University Dominguez Hills Archives and Special Collections Title: Tommy Irvine Jazz Collection creator: Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 creator: Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 creator: Eckstine, Billy creator: Garner, Erroll creator: Shearing, George creator: Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990 Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2018.038 Physical Description: 24 boxes Date (inclusive): 1908-1981, undated Date (bulk): 1940-1953 Language of Material: Collection material is in English. Abstract: This collection contains approximately 444 records held in 76 album sets with performances from musicians, many of which fall under the musical genre of jazz. Most of the records are 10" Shellac, 78 RPMs. Notable musicians featured in this collection include: George Shearing, Billy Eckstine, Nat King Cole, Erroll Garner, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and others. Physical Description: Shellac, 10'', 78 RPM Conditions Governing Access There are no access restrictions on this collection. Conditions Governing Use All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. -
Primary Sources: an Examination of Ira Gitler's
PRIMARY SOURCES: AN EXAMINATION OF IRA GITLER’S SWING TO BOP AND ORAL HISTORY’S ROLE IN THE STORY OF BEBOP By CHRISTOPHER DENNISON A thesis submitted to the Graduate School-Newark Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey In partial fulfillment of the requirements of Master of Arts M.A. Program in Jazz History and Research Written under the direction of Dr. Lewis Porter And approved by ___________________________ _____________________________ Newark, New Jersey May, 2015 ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS Primary Sources: An Examination of Ira Gitler’s Swing to Bop and Oral History’s Role in the Story of Bebop By CHRISTOPHER DENNISON Thesis director: Dr. Lewis Porter This study is a close reading of the influential Swing to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition of Jazz in the 1940s by Ira Gitler. The first section addresses the large role oral history plays in the dominant bebop narrative, the reasons the history of bebop has been constructed this way, and the issues that arise from allowing oral history to play such a large role in writing bebop’s history. The following chapters address specific instances from Gitler’s oral history and from the relevant recordings from this transitionary period of jazz, with musical transcription and analysis that elucidate the often vague words of the significant musicians. The aim of this study is to illustratethe smoothness of the transition from swing to bebop and to encourage a sense of skepticism in jazz historians’ consumption of oral history. ii Acknowledgments The biggest thanks go to Dr. Lewis Porter and Dr. -
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