LECTURES
City of the Gabriels: The Jazz History of St. Louis
The Relationship Between Jazz and Science
Jazz: America's Classical Music
The Bebop Hothouse and Postwar Jazz
The Swing Era--Was it Jazz or Pop Music?
The Music of Count Basie
Miles Davis-A Twentieth Century Icon
Riverboat Jazz: St. Louis in the Twenties
St. Louis Black Artists' Group
African Influences on Jazz
Jazz on Gaslight Square
The Ragtime Era
Post War Jazz In St. Louis
Race and Other Issues in St. Louis Jazz
John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme"
The Gift of Charlie Parker
New Orleans and St. Louis Trumpet Players
Duke Ellington and the Harlem Renaissance
Charles Mingus' 1959 Columbia Recordings
The Triumph of Billie Holiday
The Great American SongbookThe Lure of Latin Jazz
The Importance of Jazz
All lectures are forty minutes to an hour and are illustrated with many photos and musical excerpts. Please email me to set up a mutually agreeable time for your group.
ADULT EDUCATION SHORT COURSES
The Bebop Hothouse
The Music of John Coltrane
The Music of Thelonious Monk
The Music of Duke Ellington
The Music of Charles Mingus
Hard Bop: Jazz of the Mid 1950's
Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis: Twin Fountainheads of Modern Jazz Trumpet
Tales of Two Cities: Jazz in St. Louis and Kansas City
The Great Jazz Pianists
Count Basie: His Band, His Piano and His Sidemen
Louis Armstrong: American Genius
The Great Jazz Soloists
The Great Jazz Vocalists
The Career of Miles Davis
The short courses include 8-12 hours of instruction meeting once per week for about a month. The majority of the time is spent listening to and discussing music. I use many video and musical examples for each course. These courses and others can be arranged for your group. You can e-mail me for details.