University of South Carolina (USC) Assistant Professor of Jazz Colleen Clark stops by to talk briefly about Art Blakey (02:10), her responsibilities at USC and getting the job (05:15), her composing and arranging career, creating Jazz Girls Day, women who play instrumental jazz, “cats”, and getting prepared for the job market (32:00), and growing up in Connecticut, her early years playing jazz and making connections, and her youth sports careers in cross country and equestrian show jumping (01:04:40).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 film Barbie (01:24:20).
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Brevard Music Center Jazz Institute
Corridos of the Mexican Revolution
International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
“Twilight World” - Marian McPartland
Sophisticated Giant - Maxine Gordon
Thelonious Monk - Robin D.G. Kelley
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