Jazz History: “New York, NY”
This J-Term travel class parallels the International Association of Jazz Education Conference being held in New York the second weekend of January. The main goal of the course is to help students gain appreciation for the city of New York’s contribution to the maturity of America’s classical music: jazz. In class, students will study the “Great Day In Harlem” photograph by Art Kane, the Harlem Renaissance, as well as the impact of immigration on the music scene. Students also will have the opportunity to meet and interview several jazz musicians and promoters in New York.
Name: Caroline Burns
Class: Sophomore
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1/22/2007
| | never havei been so happy to see ashland |
| oh lordy. i am tired of new york city. i don't wanna be back any time soon. it was way awesome. jazz was fabulous.
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1/18/2007
| | Scuba Diving Cat |
| I just saw a video about it. It has nothing to do with Jazz.
Neither does SPAMALOT but I saw that anyway.
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1/15/2007
| | The father of all rock & roll |
| Les Paul.
He invented the solid body guitar. No Les Paul= No Beatles, Rolling Stones etc.
He's 92 years old, and looks 60.
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Name: Kate Reynolds
Major: English
Class: Sophomore
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1/8/2007
| | insert some lyric from whatever your favorite NYC-inspired song is |
| In the past 24 hours I have realized that I never want to live in a city this big. I want to live near a city this big, yes-but certainly not in it.
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Name: Prof. Roger Reynolds
Dept.: Music
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1/15/2007
| | Finally, A Chance To Breath |
 | Today is a day of rest. Last week was so busy, I think we're all
a bit shell shocked. Yesterday we went to St.
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1/14/2007
| | Their Dropping Like Flies |
| And I don't mean the students.
Jazz has a lot of old guard and it's expected that every once in a while one of them will pass away but when three monsters of the jazz world die within a month or so, the disturbance in the force is profound.
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1/10/2007
| | I'm Already Behind... |
| So where was I? I'll try to sum up the last three days in a small amount of time and space.
Monday was pretty much a "free" day for the students.
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