Why did jazz emerge in New Orleans, and how did it evolve from dance music into a form of art music? In this lecture, you’ll discover how a genre that started on the streets grew into a global musical language that continues to reinvent itself.
Discover jazz history from a bird’s-eye view.
Like a bebopping jazz cat, speaker Koen Graat takes you on a fast-paced tour. By means of listening examples, it becomes clear how jazz came to the surface in New Orleans and how the music developed into the pop music of the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1940s Jazz was transformed from popular dance music to art music for a smaller group of enthusiasts. In the 1950s, the jazz landscape became fragmented. Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and Dave Brubeck, among others, emerged.
Get answers to questions like ' What made New Orleans the cradle of jazz?’ and ‘Why are Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis considered pioneers?
Come and listen to 125 years of jazz history explained by the ultimate jazz connoisseur Koen Graat. He teaches Jazz History & Research at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts, the former conservatory in Tilburg. As a programmer he is also involved in the festival Jazz in Duketown and the jazz venues Paradox in Tilburg. He regularly writes background articles for the magazine Jazzism and has his own jazzpodcast on national radio.
This program is organized in collaboration with Studentproof, the student association for jazz music in Eindhoven.
Ticket reservation recommended
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SG & USE/ITEC registration
Please register for SG & USE/ITEC by scanning your student ID at the venue prior to the start of the program.
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