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Jazz From The Archives is the longest running show on WBGO-FM (88.3 MHz), which went on the air April 9, 1979 with an all-jazz format. WBGO's close relationship with the Institute began when the station was attempting to build a record library, and the Institute was soon invited to create its own weekly program. With a format including interviews with musicians , rarities from the Institute's archives, and historical programs, "Jazz From the Archives" is hosted by Institute staff and guest hosts. WBGO has long since become the nation's leading jazz radio station. Click on Jazz From The Archives for the latest program details, or click here on WBGO for general program schedules.
Since 1995, the Institute has hosted the monthly Jazz Research Roundtable as a forum for scholars, musicians and student 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, and guitarists Remo Palmier and Lawrence Lucie. Drummer Kenny Washington offered two well-received presentations on drummers Art Blakey and Philly Joe Jones. Several panel discussions have brought together noted jazz singers, photographers and record producers.
Annual Review of Jazz Studies - an IJS Journal published annually
Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians by Lewis Porter. In this online encyclopedia you will find the biographies of jazz musicians from A through Z, giving first priority to younger or lesser known musicians who are currently active. You will find the site at a new URL accessible by clicking on the link at the beginning of this paragraph.
A Celebration of Fats Waller's Centennial was held on May 8, 2004 at the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers - Newark.
Jazz
Research Guides, by Ed Berger and Vincent Pelote, Institute of Jazz
Studies, Rutgers University Libraries.
This guide includes sections on: Musicians
(Profiles and Biographies, Exhibits/Photography); Research
(Collections and Archives, Bibliographies, Discographies, Other Research Materials); Media
(Stations and Broadcasts, Publications); and Resources
(Festivals, Organizations, Schools, Other Resource Guides).
The Institute's collections have for decades formed the basis of many EXHIBITS worldwide. Its instruments have been loaned for major exhibits in Germany, England, Holland, Japan and at the Smithsonian Institution. The staff have curated many exhibitions at the Dana Library as well as in other locations on the Rutgers campus and in the city of Newark. In 1990, the Institute produced "Jazz Century," a major exhibition in City Hall. Other exhibits over the past decade have included "Jazz Singers," "Jazz In New Jersey: The African American Legacy," "Freedom Now!: Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement," "Benny Carter," "Mary Lou WIlliams" and "Fats Waller." The Carter, Williams and Waller physical exhibits have been converted to 'digital exhibits' and are currently available as the Digital Jazz Greats Exhibit on this web site.
Outreach to schools and colleges began in the early 1970's when the Institute helped launch an "Artists in the Schools" program that brought jazz players in close contact with young musicians throughout New Jersey. In 1988, some 25 leading college jazz educators were hosted for a one-month program conducted by Institute and Rutgers - Newark music department staff. Participants used the Institute's resources to explore historical, musicological and sociological aspects of jazz. Many classes at all levels visit for tours and orientation programs. Staff are frequently called upon to lecture to students and to assist faculty at other institutions in the preparation of jazz courses. They regularly conduct orientation sessions on jazz research methods for jazz programs at other metropolitan area institutions, including William Paterson University, Columbia University, the Manhattan School of Music, Juilliard School of Music and Princeton University.
The Institute serves as a primary resource for the MASTER'S PROGRAM IN JAZZ HISTORY AND RESEARCH, offered since 1997 by the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Rutgers-Newark. The master's program, the only one in the world to offer such a degree, was created by Dr. Lewis Porter, professor of music and author of notable books on jazz greats John Coltrane and Lester Young. IJS staffers Berger, Hershorn, Morgenstern and Pelote teach in the program and work closely with the graduate students.
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