INVITED LECTURES ON JAZZ HISTORY

TITLE

VENUE

YEAR

"St. Louis--The City of the Gabriels" (with Charlie Menees)

International Association of Jazz Record Collectors Convention

1988

"St. Louis--The City of the Gabriels"

University of Missouri Elderhostel

1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

"Veteran St. Louis Jazz Artists"  (with George Hudson, Eddie Randle, Singleton Palmer and Leroy Harris)

International Association of Jazz Record Collectors Convention

1988

Guest lecturer at various jazz history courses

University of Missouri, St. Louis 
Webster University 
Washington University 
Jewish Community Center

1983-present

"The Relationship Between Jazz and Science" 

Des Peres Kiwanis Club

1994

"Jazz: America's Classical Music," a slide and tape demonstration

Ethical Society of St. Louis 
Florissant Valley Community College 
University of Missouri Elderhostel

1987 
1988 
1993

"The Bebop Hothouse and Postwar Jazz"

OASIS

1997

"The Swing Era--Was it Jazz or Pop Music?"

OASIS

1997

"The Music of Count Basie"

OASIS

1998

"City of the Gabriels: The Jazz History of St. Louis"

McKendree College, Lebanon, IL 

OASIS

1998                     2001

"Miles Davis-A Twentieth Century Icon"

McKendree College, Lebanon, IL

2003

"Riverboat Jazz: St. Louis in the Twenties"

International Association of Jazz Record Collectors Convention

2004

"St. Louis Black Artists' Group

International Association of Jazz Record Collectors Convention

2004

"African Influences on Jazz"

Sheldon Art Gallery Gallery Talks Series

2004

All of the above lectures are available to any group in the St. Louis area.  Contact me by e-mail.  We can set up a mutually acceptable time.
 
The following concerts were produced at the Ethical Society of St. Louis
The Music of John Coltrane 1990 
The Music of Thelonious Monk 1991
The Music of Duke Ellington 1992
Hard Bop 1993
 
 
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