Dan Morgenstern - Lectures

"Louis & Lil: A Couple Making Musical History" 

SPEAKER: Dan Morgenstern 
EVENT DATE: 2015/12/10
RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes
[Closed Captioned] [transcript]
DESCRIPTION: Library of Congress Jazz Scholar Dan Morgenstern lectures on Louis Armstrong and his second wife, Lil Hardin Armstrong. The couple met in King Oliver's band and, individually and together, created an impressive body of music, preserved on records and in the fascinating manuscript deposits held in the Library's collections.

Richard James Burgess, John Edward, and Dan Morgenstern discuss “Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology,” which includes 111 tracks showcasing artists at their best and most influential. They talk about the turning points in the history of jazz through its legendary innovators—Armstrong, Ellington, Basie, Parker, Gillespie, Davis, Hancock, Corea, Marsalis—and notable styles from early ragtime, to international modernism, and every major movement in between.

July 16, 2009

Noted jazz historian Dan Morgenstern, director of Rutgers University's Institute of Jazz Studies, on the life, music, and legacy of Billie Holiday, who died 50 years ago tomorrow at the age of 44.

August 14, 2007

Tim Reilly, author of Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary and editor of Rileyrockindex.com and Dan Morgenstern, director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University and author of Living With Jazz (Pantheon Books, 2004) discuss the dying art of liner notes in the music world.

Jazz Scribe Dan Morgenstern

December 22, 2004

Heard on "Fresh Air"

Library of Congress Jazz Scholars program. Event Date April 22, 2016
-  A onetime protege of Duke Ellington, Abdullah Ibrahim has become a cultural icon in his native South Africa, through his commitment to expanding music education opportunities and developing the nation's unique jazz scene. Ibrahim served as an inaugural Library of Congress Jazz Scholar during the 2015-2016 concert season, presented in association with the Reva and David Logan Foundation.
-  Jazz guru Dan Morgenstern is legendary for his jazz criticism and scholarship. As the former editor of "DownBeat" magazine, Morgenstern's work set the bar for contemporary jazz studies. Morgenstern served as an inaugural Library of Congress Jazz Scholar during the 2015-2016 concert season, presented in association with the Reva and David Logan Foundation.
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