I’ve missed a few activities of note in these blog postings, so here’s both a wrap-up of 2021 and announcements of things in 2022, including activities recently completed or upcoming:
2021:
Oxford Bibliographies Online has published my entry for Miles Davis, with a preview accessible here:
https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199757824/obo-9780199757824-0285.xml?rskey=UjSmCk&result=1&q=miles+davis#firstMatch
Jazz Education Network – Poster presentation on Charlie Haden’s improvisatory approaches after 1975
College Music Society – Research presentation focusing on the centenary of Hollywood bassist, composer, and bandleader Harry Babasin
2022:
Jazz Education Network – Poster presentation focusing on current bibliographic resources for Charles Mingus
Upcoming in 2022:
Jazz & Culture will publish a review I wrote for Fatima Shaik’s monograph on Economy Hall
College Music Society – Research presentation focusing on New Orleans Creole musicians who were active in Southern California before 1925
I’ve also been announced as the recipient of a Research Dissemination and Faculty Development grant from the University of Northern Colorado for continued research in New Orleans, with a special focus on doing oral history and ethnographic interviews with New Orleans Creole musicians Wendell Brunious, Don Vappie, and John Boutté.
Jazz bass, education and research
