https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/become-a-local-leader/2022-07-09T03:36:27+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/facebook-group/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/4306600834_d9cf8aa4ec_z.jpg4306600834_d9cf8aa4ec_zImage by Mambembe Arts & Craftshttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/8408366593_f7fe5486b8_z-e1497284461287.jpg8408366593_f7fe5486b8_zImage by Sarah Marshall.2022-07-09T03:32:46+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/materials/reading-list/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1489050908_aab588a68b_z.jpg1489050908_aab588a68b_zImage by Sachita Obeysekara2022-07-09T03:29:34+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/discussion-questions-for-treat-it-gentle-an-autobiography-by-sidney-bechet/2020-11-02T00:40:19+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/weekly-reading-questions/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/848510872_56d93b40e0_z.jpg848510872_56d93b40e0_zImage by melalouise.https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/33888154296_6412da30ed_z.jpg33888154296_6412da30ed_zImage by airpix: aboblist.com2020-09-06T15:34:03+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/questions-for-jazz-by-ken-burns/2020-06-14T22:50:18+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/2020/05/18/kim-massie-singing-beyond-genre/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/kimmassielecture.jpgKimMassieLectureKim Massie lecturing to a group of dancers at BluesGeek 2018.https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/kimmassieclap.jpgKimMassieClapKim Massie lecturing at BluesGeek 2018https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/kim-massie-stare.jpgKim Massie Stare2020-05-17T21:08:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/questions-for-the-warmth-of-other-suns-by-isabel-wilkerson/2020-04-13T20:31:34+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/2019/12/15/what-we-know-about-boogaloo-the-dance-of-the-1960s/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/5217055183_6eb046718c_c.jpgAbstract LightPhoto courtesy of Sebastian Dooris. https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/79016784_581054939327499_4312429580758548480_n.jpgJill L GrantJill L. Grant has been dancing for fun for as long as she can remember, but only began partner dancing around 2006. Now she is seriously addicted to blues dancing. She became a fan of blues and swing music as a child, and since she retired from university teaching and research she’s begun investigating dance and music history as a new passion.2019-12-17T04:43:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/weekly-questions-for-moanin-at-midnight-the-life-and-times-of-howlin-wolf-by-james-segrest-and-mark-hoffman/2019-12-02T04:07:01+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/2019/09/16/in-shadow-and-light-a-look-into-jazz-choreography/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pat-taylor-_-photo-joe-lambie.jpgPat Taylor _ Photo-Joe LambieChoreographer Pat Taylor is the founding artistic director of Los Angeles-based JazzAntiqua Dance & Music Ensemble, established in 1993 to celebrate the jazz tradition as a vital thread in the cultural fabric of African American history and heritage and a defining element of the American experience. Her work has been presented at the Hollywood Bowl/Playboy Jazz Festival, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, Dance Mission Theatre (San Francisco), Southern Theatre (Minneapolis), Glashuset (Stockholm, Sweden), CIAEI Theatre (Brazil), among many other venues. Recognitions include a Brody Arts Fund Choreography Fellowship, and grant awards from the Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions and California Arts Council. Taylor’s community centered initiatives include: Roots & Rhythm Dance Jam Project, The Movement in the Music® - mini-jazz dance conferences, and the Community Salon - a quarterly gathering for intergenerational conversation and exchange of ideas. She holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts (jazz aesthetics emphasis) from Goddard College. Photo: Joe Lambiehttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ooh-child-_-photo-tim-aigler.jpg3/9/13 Dress Rehearsal for "Celebrate Dance 2013" at the Alex Theater, Glendale, CA; Jamie Nichols , Executive Poducer; Eileen Cooley, Production Manager & Lighting Designer.Ooh Childhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/three-oclock-blues-_-photo-malcolm-ali.jpgThree O'Clock Blues _ Photo -Malcolm AliThree O'Clock Blues. Photo: Malcom Ali.https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/slippin-into-darkness-_photo-mesiyah-mcginnis.jpgSlippin' Into Darkness _Photo-Mesiyah McGinnisSlippin' Into Darkness performance. Photo by Mesiyah McGinnis.https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/alejoshadowlightbookclub.jpgAlejoShadowLightBookClubPhoto courtesy of Alejo. https://www.flickr.com/photos/garunaborbor/5178869324/2019-09-16T23:59:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/weekly-discussion-questions-for-jookin-the-rise-of-social-dance-formation-in-african-american-culture-by-katrina-hazzard-gordon/2019-09-15T16:27:58+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/weekly-discussion-questions-for-beyond-the-crossroads-the-devil-and-the-blues-tradition-by-adam-gussow/2019-07-15T15:03:46+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/2019/06/24/continuing-blues-and-jazz-legacies-barbara-morrison-and-signifyin-blues/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/47324570_355945098499189_3646497744782098432_o.jpg47324570_355945098499189_3646497744782098432_ohttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/signifyin-blues-header.jpgSignifyin' Blues Header2019-06-23T17:50:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/weekly-discussion-questions-for-the-sonic-color-line-race-and-the-cultural-politics-of-listening-by-jennifer-lynn-stoever/2019-04-18T02:59:11+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/live-video-events/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1374921498_fb7dffd216_z.jpg1374921498_fb7dffd216_zImage by Fernando Hidalgo Marchio2019-04-14T22:32:01+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/2019/03/19/blues-and-jazz-research-for-beginners/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/176_20140721_cja.jpgChelsea Adams : dance portraitsChelsea Adams, a PhD candidate in English at UNLV, focuses her studies on African-American literature, blues and jazz music, and black vernacular dance. She writes about minority culture representation in literature. Her dissertation, Literary Movement: Dance and Cultural Embodiment in African American Literature, examines how spatial analysis can determine the process and success of a novel’s cultural performance as well as reveal social commentary made in African-American literature. She also runs the open access project, The Blues and Jazz Dance Book Club. You can find out more about Chelsea and her work at cjuneadams.com.2019-03-19T18:51:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/weekly-discussion-questions-for-jazz-by-toni-morrison/2019-01-07T05:30:26+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/weekly-discussion-questions-for-i-put-a-spell-on-you-the-autobiography-of-nina-simone-by-nina-simone-with-stephen-cleary/2018-11-15T02:20:34+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/weekly-discussion-questions-for-jazz-dance-a-history-of-the-roots-and-branches-edited-by-lindsay-guarino-and-wendy-oliver/2018-10-06T15:02:03+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/2018/09/01/a-landscape-of-slow-drag/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fixeddiagramforslowdragarticle.jpgFixeddiagramforslowdragarticlehttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/juliebrown2.jpgJulieBrown2Julie’s expressive dancing and joyful, playful connection are known throughout the country. With a background in performance and solo dance, she is best known for her solo blues, artistic choreography, and seamlessly integrating following with expression. As a teacher, Julie presents material with a caring and often light-hearted tone. She carefully crafts her classes and continuously tailors her material to fit the crowd at hand. Julie teaches regularly in her hometown of Boston, and has taught workshops everywhere from California to London.https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/juliebrownheadshot.jpgjuliebrownheadshotJulie’s expressive dancing and joyful, playful connection are known throughout the USA. With a background in performance and solo dance, she is best known for her solo blues, artistic choreography, and seamlessly integrating following with expression. As a teacher, Julie presents material with a caring and often light-hearted tone. She carefully crafts her classes and continuously tailors her material to fit the crowd at hand. Julie teaches regularly in her hometown of Boston, and has taught workshops everywhere from California to London.https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/slowgrind.pngSlowGrindhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dancinginonespot.jpgdancinginonespothttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/movedacrossfloor.jpgmovedacrossfloorhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/inplacemovingnotspecified.jpginplacemovingnotspecified2018-11-07T16:51:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/questions-for-deep-blues-a-musical-and-cultural-history-from-the-mississippi-delta-to-chicagos-south-side-to-the-world-by-robert-palmer/2018-06-28T03:22:27+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/2018/05/21/feature-article-announcement/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/10572419153_5ef018096a_z.jpgbook in leavesPhoto courtesy of Lorenzo Scheda. 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Photo courtesy of Lex B. Anderson. lexanderson.smugmug.com/Music/Joe-McQueenViridian2017/2018-02-15T05:04:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/2018/01/27/why-we-read/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/booksnickvidall-hall.jpgBooksNickVidall-HallPhoto Courtesy of Nick Vidal-Hall. Creative Commons license found here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/2018-01-27T19:44:40+00:00monthlyhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/weekly-questions-for-blues-all-around-me-the-autobiography-of-b-b-king-by-b-b-king-with-david-ritz/2018-01-01T16:18:10+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/2017/12/27/a-brief-introduction-to-savoy-walk/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/damonstonebenhejkal.jpgDamonStoneBenHejkalDamon has been dancing his entire life, starting with vernacular Jazz/Blues first taught to him at the tender age of six by his grandmother. After nearly a decade of learning at the heels of his elders, he went on and eventually studied a score of different dance forms until coming full circle in 1995 to focus primarily on the history and styles of Swing and Blues as his family danced them with a special focus on the Southern styles from the Mississippi Delta region. He has studied the development of vernacular Jazz/Blues dance across the United States learning from a number of the original dancers. He is largely regarded as one of the foremost authorities on Blues idiom dance, a long time board member of the Northern California Lindy Society, former member of the California Historical Jazz Dance Foundation, and has been interviewed as a dance historian in documentary and for radio. Damon has been a featured instructor at camps, festivals, and workshops across five continents. Photo by Ben Hejkalhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/savoyballroomphotorickyromero.jpgSavoyBallroomPhotoRickyRomeroPhoto courtesy of Ricky Romero under a creative commons license. The license may be found here: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ 2017-12-26T16:18:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/2017/07/16/the-blues-and-jazz-dance-book-club-our-story/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/santi-deferrol.jpgSanti DeFerrolPhoto taken by Santi DeFerrol.https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/10945749_10153070054167888_175843995948441551_n1.jpg10945749_10153070054167888_175843995948441551_nhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/10945749_10153070054167888_175843995948441551_n-e1500227180129.jpgSara ChernySara began blues dancing in 2001 in St. Louis, and has been on the leading edge of the blues dance community since then. She first became involved in cat herding ... ahem, event organization in 2003 with STLBX and Cheap Thrills All Blues Weekend, and her latest achievement is the formation of Big City Blues Studio, providing blues classes and events in the city of Chicago. Sara is passionate about helping the traditional forms of blues dance persist across generations, and is proud that the annual blues dance festival bluesSHOUT! has earned it's place as the world's premier blues dance event.2017-11-30T23:01:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/2017/10/23/claudias-blues-blues-jazz-and-the-affirmation-of-self-in-morrisons-the-bluest-eye/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kelly-picture.jpgKelly PictureDr. Sean Kelly is an Associate Professor of English at Wilkes University where he teaches courses in nineteenth-century American literature, African American literature, the American novel, literary criticism and theory, and composition. He also serves as co-faculty advisor for The Manuscript, a student-led creative writing and visual arts magazine. Originally from Greenville, South Carolina, he studied jazz performance and music composition as an undergraduate at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Eventually adopting English literature as a major, he applied his interest in jazz aesthetics to a study of African American authors, including Toni Morrison and Amiri Baraka. He received his M.A. degree from the University of Pittsburgh (2001) and his Ph.D. in English literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo (2008). His articles on the works of such writers as Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walt Whitman, and Nathanael West have appeared in scholarly journals such as Papers on Language and Literature, The Edgar Allan Poe Review, Explicator, and Short Story.https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tonimorrisonpainting.jpgToniMorrisonPaintingPhoto courtesy of Raymond June2018-05-19T17:40:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/2017/09/18/a-dog-named-blue-song-as-patrilineal-legacy-in-august-wilsons-fences/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/marintheatrecompany3.jpgMarinTheatreCompany3Troy with his baseball bat in his backyard, image courtesy of the Marin Theatre Companyhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/marintheatrecompany1.jpgMarinTheatreCompany1Rose and Troy, image courtesy of the Marin Theatre Companyhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/felix-castor-image.jpgFelix Castor ImagePhoto courtesy of Felix Castorhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/licia-hendriks.jpgLicia Hendriks2017-09-18T19:09:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/weekly-reading-questions/weekly-questions-for-jazz-dance-by-jean-and-marshall-stearns/2017-08-17T16:08:10+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/materials/2017-07-17T15:47:45+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/2017/06/10/feature-teaser/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/3548450400_57b31340d7_z.jpgSONY DSCImage by Andrea Florishttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/alternate-sidebar1.jpgPlaceholder Image2017-06-12T15:56:57+00:00monthlyhttps://bluesjazzbookclub.com/contact/https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/full-width1.jpgPlaceholder Image2017-06-11T00:16:07+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/blog/2017-06-10T23:27:40+00:00weekly0.6https://bluesjazzbookclub.comdaily1.02022-07-09T03:36:27+00:00