Monday, October 03, 2005
BeBop, Modernism, and Change (at Johns Hopkins)
"Floyd W. Hayes III offers a seminar exploring the social and political content, meanings and intent of jazz music in general and bebop music in particular.
'Jazz is a marvelous subject that needs more attention from those of us who seek to understand the history, meaning and significance of the music,' Hayes says. This seminar explores the social and political content, meanings and intent of jazz music in general and bebop music in particular. While the major historical focus is from the 1940s to the 1960s, the seminar also examines the broader history of black progressive music, or jazz, and its impact on the social transformations of modern America. Bebop, as an intellectual and musical system, embodied and reflected the political and social conditions of the turbulent times — the frustrations, aspirations and subversive sensibilities of a progressive group of black American musicians." ¶ 10/03/2005 07:25:00 PM
"Floyd W. Hayes III offers a seminar exploring the social and political content, meanings and intent of jazz music in general and bebop music in particular.
'Jazz is a marvelous subject that needs more attention from those of us who seek to understand the history, meaning and significance of the music,' Hayes says. This seminar explores the social and political content, meanings and intent of jazz music in general and bebop music in particular. While the major historical focus is from the 1940s to the 1960s, the seminar also examines the broader history of black progressive music, or jazz, and its impact on the social transformations of modern America. Bebop, as an intellectual and musical system, embodied and reflected the political and social conditions of the turbulent times — the frustrations, aspirations and subversive sensibilities of a progressive group of black American musicians." ¶ 10/03/2005 07:25:00 PM
