JAZZforum with Bob Porter
Soul Jazz and the Black Community, 1945-1975
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 7:00pm
Record producer, jazz writer and broadcaster Bob Porter discusses his new book Soul Jazz: Jazz in the Black Community, 1945-1975, which complies a history of jazz in the back community in the period from the end of World War II until the end of the Vietnam War.
Book signing follows presentation.
RECITAL HALL (Performing Arts--Bldg. 46-West)
ALL events are FREE, OPEN to the public (unless otherwise noted) and METRO accessible.
Event Info
Events Information
Telephone: 202-274-5803
Email: JazzAlive@udc.edu
Locations
Recital Hall, (Performing Arts - Building 46-West)
4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
University Auditorium, (Performing Arts - Building 46-East)
4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
Directions
By car: Mapquest or Google Maps
(Parking garage entrance on Van Ness Street.)
By metro: Metro Trip Planner (Van Ness—UDC stop on red line)
Soul Jazz is a history of jazz and its reception in the black community in the period from the end of World War II until the end of the Vietnam War. Previous histories reflect the perspective of an integrated America, yet the United States was a segregated country in 1945. The black audience had a very different take on the music and that is the perception explored in Soul Jazz.
Bob Porter is a record producer, writer and broadcaster in the fields of Jazz and Blues. He has worked for such prominent record labels a Prestige, Savoy and Atlantic. He has produced more than 175 albums and several hundred reissues. He has contributed to DownBeat, JazzTimes, Jazz Journal (London) and currently writes a book review column for the Journal of the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors. He is a two-time Grammy winner, was awarded the Marion McPartland Award for Excellence in Jazz Broadcasting and is a member of the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame. He currently is the host of three separate radio programs on WBGO Newark.
Available In The Following Formats From
E-Book
Softcover
Hardcover
Also Available From Amazon.com
XLIBRIS
(November 10, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1524547867
ISBN-13: 978-1524547868
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