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Jazz History & Masters Listening Hour Series

Celebrating Black History Month

Jazz History & Masters Listening Hour Series with Award-Winning Instructor David Schumacher
Saturdays in February from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Free and Open to the Public

Jazz Masters Online Course Wharton ArtsFebruary 6 | 9-10 AM: Jazz History and Listening Survey I
Part I of a survey of the history of Jazz music through listening, briefly touching on each of the eras from Early Jazz in the late 19th century through the Bebop Era ending in the ’50s.
Sign Up to Attend February 6


February 13 | 9-10 AM: Jazz History and Listening Survey II
Part II of a survey of the history of Jazz music through listening, briefly touching on each of the eras of Jazz from the mid-50s Hard Bop/Cool eras through the present.
Sign Up to Attend February 13


Wharton Arts Jazz Listening Hour Online CourseFebruary 20 | 9-10 AM: Jazz Masters Series – Louis Armstrong
An examination through listening and commentary of Jazz Master Louis Armstrong, considered by many the greatest soloist and one of the most influential Jazz artists of all time.
Sign Up to Attend February 20


February 27 | 9-10 AM: Jazz Masters Series – Mary Lou Williams
An examination through listening and commentary of Jazz Master Mary Lou Williams. Williams was a great pianist, arranger and informal educator who influenced many younger Jazz musicians including Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, and Tadd Dameron at informal sessions at her apartment. Mary Lou Williams came to prominence in the 1930s when very few women in Jazz received their due.
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ABOUT DAVE SCHUMACHER
Chicago native Dave Schumacher has been a key player in the New York jazz scene for more than three decades, touring throughout the United States and internationally with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, Art Blakely Big Band, T.S. Monk on Monk Ensemble, Nicholas Payton’s Louis Armstrong Tribute Big Band, and as an original member of the Harry Connick, Jr. Orchestra. Highlights of his international career include an appearance at Mount Fuji Jazz Festival in Japan with the Art Blakely Big Band. Schumacher can be heard on nearly a dozen Columbia Records recordings with the Harry Connick, Jr. Orchestra and with such jazz greats as Lionel Hampton and Mel Torme. Schumacher received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Jazz Performance from Rutgers University/Livingston College and a Master of Music degree in Jazz Performance from New Jersey City University.

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