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Jazz At Lincoln Center offers a host of lectures, classes and panel discussions on a wide range of topics, from the history of jazz to the contemporary jazz scene. JazzED Events Online is happy to be able to present some of the most memorable of these events.
TITLE: Jazz
Talk: Walkin' and Swingin': Mary
Lou Williams
DATE: May 4, 2004, 7pm
MAIN PARTICIPANTS: Dr. Tammy Kernodle, Mulgrew Miller,
Father Peter O'Brien, S.J.
LOCATION: Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center
RUNNING TIME: 1:09
DESCRIPTION: Explore the impact of pianist, arranger, and jazz educator Mary Lou Williams, with special guests Dr. Tammy Kernodle, Mulgrew Miller, and Father Peter O'Brien, S.J. As one of the few widely recognized female instrumentalists in jazz, Williams defied the cultural and stylistic limitations of her time to express her own unique and virtuosic voice. While the public undervalued her as a jazz musician, Williams taught generations of musicians how to swing. Learn how this revolutionary woman touched the world of jazz.
TITLE: Jazz 101: Bebop Overview with Phil Schaap
DATE: Tuesday, February 1, 2005, 6:30pm
MAIN PARTICIPANTS: Phil Schaap
LOCATION: Irene Diamond Education Center,
Frederick P. Rose Hall
RUNNING TIME: 2:03
DESCRIPTION: Come along as Jazz at Lincoln Center's Curator, Phil Schaap, relays the history of bebop. Filled with glorious stories and legendary examples from bebop greats Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, Schaap guides listeners through the finer points of this musical revolution.
This is one lesson in a series of eight classes that make up Jazz 101: The Intro.
TITLE: Jazz Talk: Race in Jazz Academia
DATE: Wednesday, February 7, 2007, 7:00 pm
MAIN PARTICIPANTS: Amiri Baraka, Dr. Ingrid Monson, Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, Dr. Salim Washington, Dr. Lewis Porter (moderator)
LOCATION: Irene Diamond Education Center, Frederick P. Rose Hall
RUNNING TIME: 1:36
DESCRIPTION: Jazz musicians and the culture that surrounds them have been a favorite topic of scholars for decades. But how have perceptions of race affected the way jazz is approached in the hallowed halls of academia? Join our distinguished panel and moderator Dr. Lewis Porter for Jazz at Lincoln Center's first annual exploration of race and jazz.
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