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"Masters of American Music: Roots and Evolution of the Blues, Jazz, Rock, and American Society" will take place from 7-9 p.m. Thursdays from March 3-31.
These are community-based seminars that are enriching and engaging illustrated slide talks surveying the history, controversies and appreciation of American jazz. The seminar will feature a series of five lectures in which participants will:
Survey the Roots of American Music
- Slave songs and spirituals to the birth of jazz
- Rhythm and blues as it becomes rock and roll
- The American composer (Copland, Ellington, Bernstein, Zappa, etc.)
Examine how technology affects music as an art and commerce, projecting where we might be headed.
Evaluate the price paid by musicians to obtain the American Dream.
Registration is online at pequotlibrary.org.
Enjoy wine, cheese and conversation with the professor starting at 6:30 p.m.
Professor Brian Torff is a bassist, composer, author and educator. He is professor of music and music program director at Fairfield University. He also leads the band "New Duke," an eight-piece jazz-rock ensemble that performs his updated arrangements of Duke Ellington's music.
In 2008, Torff was honored as Artist of the Year by the Fairfield Arts Council.
The seminars will be in the library's reading room. For more information contact: (203) 259-0346 Ext. 19.
The library is at 720 Pequot Ave., Southport.
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