Jazz 101 returns for its second term in Jazz at Lincoln Center's new home, Frederick P. Rose Hall. Designed for jazz fans and novices alike, Jazz 101 features both in-depth and general overview classes. These classes will be held in the Irene Diamond Education Center. Each class meets for 8 class periods, once a week for two hours, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays. Registration for each term is $300 per person and is available by calling Subscription Services at (212) 258-9999.
Each class offers a behind the scenes look at the history and heritage behind Jazz at Lincoln Center's concerts. In Jazz 101: The Intro, popular jazz lecturer/radio host Phil Schaap will discuss the basics of jazz, including such questions as "Why was Edward Ellington called ÔDuke?'" and "How did Louis Armstrong revolutionize jazz?" Mr. Schaap will also give audiences the opportunity to learn about the music and musicians that gave rise to the Roaring Ô20's in Jazz 101: The Jazz Age. Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra trumpeter and Queens College professor Michael Philip Mossman explores the history of Jazz 101: Latin Jazz in his class. In Jazz 101: Thelonious Monk, Columbia professor Robin D.G. Kelley uses music and film to illustrate how this ground-breaking pianist ushered in the Bebop revolution, honoring tradition while modernizing jazz.
The Jazz 101 classes are just one of the many programs and services offered by Jazz at Lincoln Center each year. Jazz at Lincoln Center is committed to educating the public, especially young people, about the rich heritage of jazz, its great works and musicians, and the relationship between jazz and other disciplines. Educational programming at Jazz at Lincoln Center is an integral part of the organization's philosophy, and all activities and publications reflect and enhance its central mission. Jazz at Lincoln Center education programs reach over 110,000 students, teachers, and audience members a year and include Jazz for Young People(SM) concerts, the Jazz for Young People Curriculum, Jazz Talks, Jazz on Tour, Jazz in the Schools, jazz publications and print music, and the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival
Tickets for the Jazz for Young People concerts at Rose Theater are available at the Jazz at Lincoln Center box office located at Broadway at 60th Street, by calling CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500, or via
www.jalc.org.
Biographies
Jazz historian Phil Schaap joined Jazz at Lincoln Center in October 2001. In his role as curator, he provides historical and biographical information related to concert and educational programming. Mr. Schaap also contributes to Jazz at Lincoln Center program notes and educational materials and teaches Jazz 101 adult education courses. In addition, for the past eleven years, he has taught jazz courses at Princeton University. He has been broadcasting jazz on the radio for 33 years on WKCR and has won Grammy Awards for Historical Writing, Producing, and Audio Engineering. Mr. Schaap also serves on the Board of Directors of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival and as the master of ceremonies during this annual festival celebrating Parker's music and legacy.
Michael Philip Mossman, born in Philadelphia, has been active on the international scene since the age of 17. Educated at Rutgers and Oberlin College and Conservatory, Mr. Mossman received degrees in Sociology/Anthropology as well as Orchestral Trumpet and Jazz Composition. Following stints as lead trumpet with the Machito Orchestra, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, he became the musical director of Out of the Blue. Mr. Mossman has toured and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Horace Silver, Chico O'Farrill, Art Blakey, Mario Bauza, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Gerry Mulligan, Joe Zawinul, Ray Barretto, Steve Turre, Anthony Braxton, The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, the Charles Mingus Orchestra, Benny Carter, the Gil Evans Orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra, and others. He is also featured in the documentary Calle 54 as both performer and commentator. Mr. Mossman has been active in music education throughout his career and has held positions on the faculties of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Rutgers University, The New School for Social Research, Bloomfield College, Manhattanville College, and the New Jersey Summer Arts Institute. He is currently Associate Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in New York City.
Robin D. G. Kelley, a Professor of Anthropology, African-American Studies, and Jazz Studies at Columbia University, has written on jazz, hip hop, electronic music, musicians' unions and technological displacement, and social movements in general. He is currently completing a book entitled Thelonious: A Life (forthcoming, Free Press). He is the author of several books and his essays have appeared in dozens of anthologies and journals, including Black Music Research Journal, The Voice Literary Supplement, New York Times, New York Times Magazine, The Nation, Monthly Review, One World, ColorLines, Lenox Avenue, Callaloo, Black Renaissance/Renaissance Noir, Rolling Stone, The American Historical Review, American Visions, Boston Review, Journal of American History, Metropolis, Utne Reader, African Studies Review, Fashion Theory, Social Text, Radical History Review, and frieze: contemporary art and culture.
Listing Information:
Producer: Jazz at Lincoln Center
Class: Jazz 101: The Intro, Taught by Phil Schaap
Date/Time: Every Tuesday, January 11 Ð March 1, 2005, 6:30 Ð 8:30pm
Place: Edward John Noble Foundation Studio, Broadway at 60th Street Tickets: $300 for eight-week class, available at the Jazz at Lincoln Center box office, by calling CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500, or via
www.jalc.org
Producer: Jazz at Lincoln Center
Class: Jazz 101: The Jazz Age, Taught by Phil Schaap
Date/Time: Every Wednesday, January 12 Ð March 2, 2005, 6:30 Ð 8:30pm
Place: Edward John Noble Foundation Studio, Broadway at 60th Street
Tickets: $300 for eight-week class, available at the Jazz at Lincoln Center box office, by calling CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500, or via
www.jalc.org.
Producer: Jazz at Lincoln Center
Class: Jazz 101: Latin Jazz, Taught by Michael Phillip Mossman
Date/Time: Every Wednesday, January 12 Ð March 2, 2005, 6:30 Ð 8:30pm
Place: Louis Armstrong Classroom, Broadway at 60th Street
Tickets: $300 for eight-week class, available at the Jazz at Lincoln Center box office, by calling CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500, or via
www.jalc.org
Producer: Jazz at Lincoln Center
Class: Jazz 101: Thelonious Monk, Taught by Robin D. G. Kelley
Date/Time: Every Saturday, January 15 Ð March 5, 2005, 6:30 Ð 8:30pm
Place: Louis Armstrong Classroom, Broadway at 60th Street
Tickets: $300 for eight-week class, available at the Jazz at Lincoln Center box office, by calling CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500, or via
www.jalc.org
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