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Jazz Research Round Table

The Institute of Jazz Studies
Department of Visual and Performing Arts
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers - Newark

2008 Schedule

• January 23: Todd Weeks: Hot Lips Page Centennial Retrospective
• February 20: Ricky Riccardi: Louis Armstrong - Rare Video Footage.
• March 12: Matthew Leskovic: Jazz and the Counterculture: The Career of Charles Lloyd
• April 16: David Tenenholtz: Jazz in Swedish: The Career and Legacy of Jan Johansson
• May 7: Marty Grosz: The Short and Happy Life of the Banjo and Acoustic Guitar in Jazz
• Sept. 24: Ratzo B. Harris:  Current Research on Native American Music in Jazz
• Oct. 15: Randy Sandke hosts pianist Marty Napoleon (discussion and performance)
• Nov. 12: April Grier: Women in the Jazz Industry
• Dec. 3: Hyland Harris: Drummer Joe Harris

All programs are free and open to the public, and take place Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 pm in the Dana Room, 4th floor, John Cotton Dana Library, Rutgers University, 185 University Ave., Newark, NJ. Refreshments will be served. For further information, please call (973)353-5595.
Note: We will not meet in June, July or August.

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Background photo: Kenny Washington demonstrates drum technique at a Roundtable session.

Institute of Jazz Studies
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
John Cotton Dana Library
185 University Ave.
Newark NJ USA 07102
Tel: (973) 353-5595
Fax: (973) 353-5944