No Man's Land is Ours: James Reese Europe and Jazz Before and After the Great War
UW Memorial Library 728 State St., Madison, Wisconsin
Sound Salon with Susan C. Cook (School of Music, UW-Madison)
No Man's Land is Ours: James Reese Europe and Jazz Before and After the Great War
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
7-9pm
126 Memorial Library
728 State St.
Musicologist and dance scholar Susan C. Cook and Mayrent Institute Director Henry Sapoznik in conversation about the recording career and legacy of legendary African American composer and bandleader James Reese Europe (1881-1919). Central to the popularity of pre-World War I ragtime dance, Europe volunteered for service in WWI and led an army band who performed for French audiences and made recordings after the war.
Hosted by the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture. Free and open to the public.
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