Thinking With Jazz Symposium
Lancaster University / Lancaster Jazz Festival‏
Friday 21 September 10am–5pm
LICA Building
Lancaster University

This is a one-day symposium in which well-known jazz journalists, practitioners, and academics engage with issues of nationalism in jazz, the cultural politics of jazz, and the meaning of improvisation. This free event is informal and open to the public. Speakers include Alyn Shipton (BBC Radio 3 and author of A New History of Jazz), Professor George McKay (author of Circular Breathing: the Cultural Politics of Jazz in Britain), Dr. Catherine Tackley (author of The Evolution of Jazz in Britain), Professor Alan Rice (author of Creating Memorials, Building Identities: The Politics of Memory in the Black Atlantic), and Professor Tony Whyton (author of Jazz Icons), Adam Fairhall (Imaginary Delta), Kathy Dyson (Emily Remembered), Christophe de Bezenac (Trio VD), Professor Walter van der Leur (author of Something to Live For: A Life Billy Strayhorn), Professor Tim Wall (author of Studying Popular Music Culture).

This event is co-presented by the Lancaster Jazz Festival, Rhythm Changes: Jazz Cultures and European Identities, Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts

For further information contact Nick Gebhardt on n.gebhardt@lancaster.ac.uk