Please join the Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America at Montclair State University and One Day University on Thursday, April 22, 12pm as they present:
Italian America in the World of Jazz Event
Mark Rotella, director of the Coccia Institute at Montclair State University, leads a discussion with Anna Celenza, professor of music at Georgetown University, and John Gennari, professor of English at the University of Vermont, on the impact and influence Italian Americans have had on jazz from its origins to the present day.
Their discussion will hit all the notes—the birth of jazz in New Orleans with Louis Prima and Louis Armstrong in the French Quarter and Little Palermo; New York City’s Swing Street and the Famous Door; the rise of jazz in Fascist Italy; and the influential postwar Italian American musicians and singers, such as Chick Corea, Scott LaFaro, Jimmy Giuffre, Jackie Paris, and Lennie Tristano.
Please RSVP here for this FREE event.
April 22, 2021
The Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America would like to thank all attendees for logging onto our “Italian America in the World of Jazz” event in partnership with One Day University. The interesting and informative discussion lead by our Director, Professor Mark Rotella, was followed by a lively Q&A panel with questions from attendees. Registrants who signed up for the event but could not attend have access to a recording available until Thursday, May 6th. All registrants and attendees can access this through the link sent by One Day University via their email inbox.
The Coccia Institute is in debt to One Day University for this harmonious partnership for the production of this event, as well as Anna Celenza, Professor of Music at Georgetown University, and John Gennardi, Professor of English at the University of Vermont, for their insightful contributions to the conversation.
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