Jazz Study Group Meetings, 1995-2006
Compiled by Brent Hayes Edwards
1995
April
Research Methods and Resources for Jazz Studies
Presenters: Robert O’Meally (Columbia U.); Dan Morgenstern (Rutgers U.)
Featured Guests: Kenny Washington (drummer and radio host)
October
Blues People: The Baraka/Ellison Debate
Presenters: William Harris (Penn State U.); Robert O’Meally (Columbia U.)
Featured Guests: Amiri Baraka (poet and critic)
1996
February
Women in Jazz
Featured Guests: Geri Allen (pianist)
May
Thelonious Monk and Jazz Biography
Presenters: Mark Tucker (William & Mary); Robin Kelley (NYU); Krin Gabbard (SUNY-Stony Brook)
Featured Guests: Anthony Davis (pianist); Max Roach (drummer)
October
Jazz and the Visual Arts
Presenters: Rick Powell (Duke U.)
Featured Guests: Jim Hatch and Camille Billops (gallery directors); George Wein (art collector, jazz festival director)
1997
February
Jazz and Film
Presenters: Krin Gabbard (SUNY-Stony Brook); Ann Douglas (Columbia U.); Margo Jefferson (New York Times)
May
Jazz and Dance
Presenters: Jacqui Malone (Queens College)
Featured Guests: Jimmy Slyde (tap dancer); Marion Coles (dancer); Leroy Williams Trio
October
Jazz and Literature
Presenters: William Harris (Penn State U.); Brent Edwards (Rutgers U.)
Featured Guest: Nathaniel Mackey (UC-Santa Cruz)
March
Jazz and Spirituality
Presenters: Travis Jackson (U. Michigan); Gerald Early (Washington U.)
Featured Guest: Randy Weston (pianist)
1998
May
Jazz and the Avant-Garde
Presenters: Salim Washington (Harvard U.); John Szwed (Yale U.); David Lionel Smith (Williams College)
November
Albert Murray’s Aesthetics
Presenters: Helen Shannon (Sarah Lawrence College); Robert O’Meally
Featured Guest: Albert Murray (writer and critic)
1999
March
Jazz and Africa
Presenters: Tim Mangin (Columbia U.); Daniel Dawson (curator)
Featured Guest: David Pleasants (percussionist)
November
Jazz and the Female Voice
Presenters: Fred Moten (NYU); Farah Griffin (U. Pennsylvania); Lara Pellegrinelli (Harvard U.)
Featured Guest: Abbey Lincoln (singer)
2000
May
Rhythm-a-ning: A Symposium on Jazz Culture
[three-day public conference at Columbia U.]
Featured Guest: Jon Hendricks (singer)
August
Newport Jazz Festival
[two-day public symposium of scholars and journalists at Newport, RI]
November
Jazz and the Art of Photography
Presenters: Daniel Dawson (curator); Helen Shannon (Sarah Lawrence)
Featured Guest: Chuck Stewart (photographer); Hugh Bell (photographer)
2001
December
Musicians’ Collectives
Presenters: Vijay Iyer (pianist); George Lewis (UC-San Diego); Tamar Barzel (U. Michigan); Sarita Gregory (U. Chicago)
Featured Guests: Oliver Lake (saxophonist, poet); Will Connell (saxophonist); Greg Tate (writer, bandleader); Miya Masaoka (kotoist, composer)
2002
October
Latin Jazz
Presenters: Robert Farris Thompson (Yale U.); Chris Washburne (Columbia U.); Paul Austerlitz (Brown U.)
Featured Guests: Ray Vega (musician); Candido (percussionist); Andy Gonzalez (bassist, bandleader); Arturo O’Farrill (bandleader)
2003
April
A Day for Dexter: Celebrating Dexter Gordon at 80
[one-day symposium at Columbia U.]
October
Jazz Historiography and the Political Economy of Jazz
Presenters: Sherrie Tucker (U. Kansas); Maxine Gordon (NYU); Eric Porter (UC-Santa Cruz); Scott DeVeaux (U. Virginia); John Gennari (U. Vermont)
Featured Guests: George Avakian (producer, Columbia Records); Branford Marsalis (saxophonist, producer)
2004
March
The Politics of Swing
Presenters: Brent Edwards (Rutgers U.); Fred Moten (USC); John Szwed (Yale U.)
Featured Guests: William Parker (bassist, composer); Charles Keil (musicologist)
October
The World of Romare Bearden
[two-day symposium at Columbia U.]
Featured Guests: Toni Morrison (writer); Charles Dutton (actor); S. Epatha Merkerson (actress); Dianne McIntyre (choreographer, dancer)
2005
March
The Studio as Jazz Scene
Presenters: Travis Jackson (U. Chicago); George Lewis (Columbia U.); Vijay Iyer (pianist); Dawn Norfleet (singer, flutist); Chris Washburne (Columbia U.); Bill Lowe (Northeastern U.)
Featured Guest: William Kenny (Kent State U.)
October
Jazz and Desire
Presenters: Brent Edwards (Rutgers U.); Sherrie Tucker (U. Kansas); Krin Gabbard (SUNY-Stony Brook); Fred Moten (USC); George Lewis (Columbia U.)
Featured Guests: Bill Dixon (trumpeter, composer, painter); Gary Giddins (critic)
2006
January
New Orleans: Rebuilding the Music City
[two-day public conference at Columbia U.]
Featured Guests: Juanita Brooks (singer); Herlin Riley (drummer); Kalamu Ya Salaam (poet); Lionel McIntyre (Columbia U.); Alvin Toussaint (pianist, composer)
October
Mentoring in Jazz
Presenters: Jacqui Malone (CUNY-Queens)
Featured Guests: Warren Smith (drummer, composer); Alexandre Pierrepont (U. Paris-VII); Steve Lehman (saxophonist) Alexandra Bradley, Germaine Ingram, Dianne Walker (dancers)
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