Academic Jazz Symposia

"Lennie Tristano: His Life and Music" and Article

"Talkin' History: Jazz in Worcester Then and Now"

Hear Me Talkin’: A History of Jazz In Central MA

Lennie Tristano symposium — watch the videos

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Welcome and introduction

• Professor Richard Falco
• Tristano Background and Panelist Introduction

Connie Crothers

• Panelist Session - Part 1
• Panelist Session - Part 2
• Tristano's Requiem
• Blues
• Polyrhythms and Drummers
• Psychology
• Confidence

Jimmy Halperin

• Panelist Session - Part 1
• Panelist Session - Part 2
• Panelist Session - Part 3

Bud Tristano

• Panelist Session
• Family
• The Legacy
• Jazz as Living Art
• Other Pianists

Harvey Diamond and musical demonstrations

• Panelist Session and Performance
• Connie Crothers Melodic Demonstration
• Jimmy Halperin Polyrhythmic Demonstration
• Techniques
• Singers
• Learning from Tristano

Eunmi Shim

• Panelist Session - Part 1
• Panelist Session - Part 2 with musical examples
• Panelist Session - Part 3

Radio interviews

• WICN Radio Host Tyra Penn Interviews WPI Professors: Richard Falco and Eunmi Shim
• WICN Radio Host Tyra Penn Interviews Connie Crothers
• WICN Radio Host Tyra Penn Interviews Bud Tristano