On Tuesday, November 9, 2004, poets, musicians, and scholars will come together to honor "one of the greatest musical poets of the century."
Join us as we pay homage to the father of the tenor saxophone who has inspired generations of musicians, poets, jazz scholars, and jazz listeners.
The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University presents
Body and Soul: A Symposium and Exhibit Honoring
The 100th Birthday of Coleman Hawkins
Tuesday, November 9, 2004
Columbia University Faculty House, 2nd floor, President's Room
116th Street between Amsterdam and Morningside Drive
Exhibit opens at 11am
Symposium 1pm-6:30pm Reception 3pm-3:30pm
Free and open to the public
With special guest presentations by:
Nathaniel Mackey
Jayne Cortez
Scott DeVeaux
Colette Hawkins
Jimmy Heath
Robin D. G. Kelley
Eddie Locke
Dan Morgenstern
Lewis Porter
Loren Schoenberg Ensemble
Salim Washington
Please join us after the Symposium for two sets of music, 8pm & 10pm, at Londel's Restaurant (2620 Frederick Douglass Blvd. between 139th & 140th Streets, 212-234-6114,
www.londelsrestaurant.com) with the Bill Saxton Quartet and special guest Clark Terry. Cover charge, $15.00, no minimum.
The Coleman Hawkins Exhibit is presented in association with the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. Curator: C. Daniel Dawson. Special thanks to Annie Kuebler and Tad Hershorn for research and technical assistance.
The Coleman Hawkins Symposium is sponsored by Bluebird/BMG Records and Selmer/France and by a grant from the Ford Foundation.
For further information, contact the Center for Jazz Studies at 212-851-1633.
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