Jazz and Ecomusicology: New Questions for Old Jazz Histories - April 21st 5pm 217 Music Building

Dr. William Bares, University of North Carolina Asheville

Thursday, April 21, 5pm, UNCG Music Building 217

This talk will bring established understandings of jazz history as an
unruly, macho, heroic, American and urban soloist’s art into dialog with
the budding field of ecomusicology. Analyses of Marion Brown's
_Afternoon of a Georgia Faun_, Jan Garbarek's _Dis_, and Sonny Rollins's
_Global Warming_ will provide entree into a consideration of some of
today's ecological jazz productions: among others, the work of Grammy
nominee Vijay Iyer, the Cuban pianist Fabian Almazan, and the Dutch
group Tin Men and the Telephone.

Dr. Bares holds a B.A. from Amherst College, a M.M. in Jazz Performance
from the University of Miami, and a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from
Harvard University, where he studied with Ingrid Monson, the Quincy
Jones Professor of African American Music. In addition to his university
teaching career, Bares spent ten years performing and researching jazz
in Europe, and worked in Washington D.C. for the Democratic National
Committee and for Representative Jane Harman (D-CA).

Sponsored by the UNCG Department of Music Studies and the UNCG
Environmental & Sustainability Studies Program.

Open to the public.

Event Address: 100 McIver Street, Greensboro, NC. / Event Parking:
McIver Parking Deck (hourly rate). For disability accommodations,
contact Dr. Allen at 256-0165 or aaron_allen@uncg.edu