- Date
- Thu 08 Jun 2017, 4.45pm
- Duration
- Thursday 8 June 4:45pm – 6:00pm
- Thursday 15 June 4:45pm – 6:00pm
- Thursday 22 June 4:45pm – 6:00pm
- Thursday 29 June 4:45pm – 6:00pm
- Availability
Overview
Led by Roy Stratford alongside saxophonistKatie Brown, this series explores thelanguage of the music of jazz, its history,ethics and influence on twentieth-centurysymphonic music.
Tackling questionssuch as ‘is jazz instinctive or learned?’,‘what is improvisation and how do jazzmusicians think about it?’, and ‘is allmusic really jazz?’, this series of talksunravels and explores this fascinatinggenre of music.
Louis Armstrong said ‘if you have to askwhat jazz is, you’ll never know…’ let’s putthat remark aside and do some digging!