Jazz and Culture

08/01/2024

Today is the last day to submit proposals for our special issue "The Power of Geri Allen, Vol 2!!

***Call for Papers, Special Issue: The Power of Geri Allen, Volume 2***

Abstract/Proposals due: August 1st, 2024

07/11/2024

New Issue Alert!

Jazz and Culture 7.1 is out w/ research by Miki Kaneda, Kehinde Alonge, Tom Wetmore, and Diego Alberto Gómez Nieto. Also an interview of Tyshawn Sorey by Mark Slobin about his work in klezmer. And featured poetry by Kira Tucker!

Issue is available here: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jac/issue/7/1
Here's the full ToC:

JAZZ AND CULTURE Volume 7, Issue No. 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES
Archival Absences and Conditional Listening: How Jazz Shaped Experimental Music in 1960s Japan
- Miki Kaneda

“A Meditation Among Drums”: A Black Archive of Wandering at the Milford Graves: Fundamental Frequency Exhibit
- Kehinde Alonge

“Jazz Steel”: The Vibrancy of Rooms and the Acoustics of Genre at Jazz at Lincoln Center
- Tom Wetmore

!We are not Jazz¡ Liminal Jazz in the Music of La Distritofónica, Bogotá, Colombia
- Diego Alberto Gómez Nieto

ORAL HISTORY
Klezmer in my Life: Tyshawn Sorey
- Interview by Mark Slobin

POETRY
Antidote to Midnight Grief
Reverie
Sojourn
- Kira Tucker

Jazz and Culture | 7 | 1 | June 2024

07/08/2024

New Issue Alert!
Jazz and Culture 7.1 is out w/ research by Miki Kaneda, Kehinde Alonge, Tom Wetmore, and Diego Alberto Gómez Nieto. Also an interview of Tyshawn Sorey by Mark Slobin about his work in klezmer. And featured poetry by Kira Tucker!

Issue is available here: https://scholarlypublishingcollective-org.pitt.idm.oclc.org/uip/jac/issue/7/1

Here's the full ToC:

JAZZ AND CULTURE Volume 7, Issue No. 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES
Archival Absences and Conditional Listening: How Jazz Shaped Experimental Music in 1960s Japan
- Miki Kaneda

“A Meditation Among Drums”: A Black Archive of Wandering at the Milford Graves: Fundamental Frequency Exhibit
- Kehinde Alonge

“Jazz Steel”: The Vibrancy of Rooms and the Acoustics of Genre at Jazz at Lincoln Center
- Tom Wetmore

!We are not Jazz¡ Liminal Jazz in the Music of La Distritofónica, Bogotá, Colombia
- Diego Alberto Gómez Nieto

ORAL HISTORY
Klezmer in my Life: Tyshawn Sorey
- Interview by Mark Slobin

POETRY
Antidote to Midnight Grief
Reverie
Sojourn
- Kira Tucker

05/06/2024

***Call for Papers, Special Issue: The Power of Geri Allen, Volume 2***

Abstract/Proposals due: August 1st, 2024

04/19/2024

**CALL FOR PAPERS!**

Abstracts due Wednesday, May 15!

04/12/2024

A Visiting Assistant Professor position in Jazz Studies has just been posted at Pitt for next year. This position is a late replacement and has a short deadline (three weeks!) - so please share widely!!

I'm happy to answer any questions from potential applicants as well.

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.