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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

2009 Schedule

• Jan 21: Paul Machlin: Swing, Scarlatti, and Standards:  Teddy Wilson's "China Boy"
• Feb 11: David Mattock: Dr. Lonnie Smith.
• March 11: Terry Josephson: Cafe Society: The wrong place for the Right People
• April 8: Dennis Brown: Gene Krupa (audio replay)
• May 6: Grant Gardner: Jimmy Giuffre: Gentle Radical
• Sept. 23: Pianist: Marty Napoleon and Trumpeter: Randy Sandke - Interview and Performance (audio replay)
  Note: due to a last minute illness Marty Napoleon will not be present - instead, bassist Nicki Parrott will appear with Randy Sandke.
• Oct. 14: Allen Lowe: When Did the Blues Leave? Looking at Down From Up
• Nov. 11: Bassist Chris White: A Life in Jazz
• Dec. 9: Paul Brady: Django and Dizzy

Since 1995, IJS has hosted its monthly Jazz Research Roundtable meetings, which have become a prestigious forum for scholars, musicians, and students engaged in all facets of jazz research. Noted authors, such as Gary Giddins, Stanley Crouch, and Richard Sudhalter have previewed their works, as have several filmmakers. Musicians who have shared their life stories include trumpeter Joe Wilder, pianist Richard Wyands, guitarists Remo Palmier and Lawrence Lucie, trombonist Grachan Moncur III, and drummer/jazz historian Kenny Washington.

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.

Note: Financial support for the Roundtable is provided by the Rosalind & Alfred Berger Foundation.

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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