The Roots of Swing: Coleman Hawkins & Lester Young/Lecture by Robert "Bebob" Grabowski at Wdna Jazz History Lecture Series at WDNA Jazz Gallery

Public radio station, WDNA 88.9FM proudly presents its 2013-2014 Jazz History Lecture Series. The Series offer an opportunity for the WDNA listening community to be better educated and informed listeners and aficionados of Jazz music through a series of jazz history lectures.

The free eight-part Jazz History Lecture Series kicks off on Tuesday, September 24, at 7 PM with “The Roots of Jazz” presented by Jazz pianist, educator, and curator of the Series Jim Gasior.

September 24th, 2013 – 7 PM
Jim Gasior, Jazz Pianist and Educator, NWSA
“The Roots of Jazz”...

read more

Public radio station, WDNA 88.9FM proudly presents its 2013-2014 Jazz History Lecture Series. The Series offer an opportunity for the WDNA listening community to be better educated and informed listeners and aficionados of Jazz music through a series of jazz history lectures.

The free eight-part Jazz History Lecture Series kicks off on Tuesday, September 24, at 7 PM with “The Roots of Jazz” presented by Jazz pianist, educator, and curator of the Series Jim Gasior.

September 24th, 2013 – 7 PM
Jim Gasior, Jazz Pianist and Educator, NWSA
“The Roots of Jazz”
An exploration of the 18th and 19th century music that gave birth to the new music of the 20th – called jazz.

October 29th, 2013 – 7 PM
Chuck Bergeron, Bassist and Educator, UM
“New Orleans Jazz: Birthplace of Jazz”
From Storyville to Chicago: Louis Armstrong and The Birth of Jazz

November 26th, 2013 – 7 PM
Nat Chediak, Music Producer and Author
“Six Decades of Latin Jazz”
The long and winding road of a musical genre, from its Afro-Cuban roots in New York City to its contemporary fusion with the music of Latin America and Spain.

January 28th, 2014 – 7 PM
Robert "Bebob" Grabowski, Professor, Bassist, Composer
“The Roots of Swing: Coleman Hawkins & Lester Young”
The giants that helped define swing and the Kansas City sound becoming the platform for great Hot bands of the 30s and 40s.

February 25, 2014 – 7 PM
Dr. Donald Spivey, Professor of History UM, Author
“Bebop, Hipsters, and the Counter-Culture Movement”
An exploration of Bebop and some of the key jazz musicians in the shaping of the counter-culture movement in the U.S.A. in the 1950s and 1960s.

March 25th, 2014 – 7 PM
Shelton "Shelly" Berg, Dean UM Frost School of Music - Pianist and Composer.
"The Great American Songbook - Great art in small packages"
From a small group of mostly immigrant musicians, born around the turn of the 20th century, sprang a remarkable art form of songs derived from a limited body of musical material.

April 29th, 2014 – 7 PM
Dr. Ed Calle Professor, Two-Time Latin Grammy Nominee
“John Coltrane - The Man, Music, and Legacy”
The Music and Legacy of John Coltrane explores and celebrates Coltrane's monumental musical contributions and their empowering influence throughout the jazz continuum.

May 27th, 2014 – 7 PM
Jim Gasior, Jazz Pianist and Educator
“1959 and the proliferation of Jazz styles.”
What’s so special about 1959?

show less