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| John Edward Hasse will discuss jazz problems in the web US Dept of State announced, that John Edward Hasse, Curator of American Music at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, will participate in a web cast on April 24. Dr. Hasse can talk about any aspect of American jazz. Dr. Hasse can also discuss some of the jazz greats from America's past -- Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong. If you enjoy jazz, you'll not want to miss talking with John Hasse about jazz. He is interested in learning more about jazz as it has spread around the globe. Send in questions to be answered by Dr. Hasse during the web cast to the webcast@state.gov mailbox. Questions will be collected and used during the broadcast. You can also submit questions during the live broadcast using the "Ask a Question" window at the broadcast web site. John Edward Hasse is a music historian, pianist, and award-winning author and record producer. He serves as Curator of American Music at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, where he was founding Executive Director of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, an acclaimed big band, and where he founded the national Jazz Appreciation Month, celebrated every April throughout the U.S. Dr. Hasse is the author of a critically acclaimed biography, Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington, with a Foreword by Wynton Marsalis, and the editor of a major illustrated history, Jazz: The First Century, with Forewords by Tony Bennett and Quincy Jones. Library Journal called the book "a major contribution to the understanding of jazz." At the Smithsonian, Dr. Hasse was co-Director of America's Jazz Heritage, a 10-year, $7-million partnership with the Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund. He led the Institution's efforts to acquire the 200, 000-page Duke Ellington archive, and curated the traveling exhibition Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington, which toured to 12 museums and 50 libraries. He also led the museum's initiative to acquire the archives of Ella Fitzgerald, and co-curated the exhibition Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song. He is editor of Ragtime: Its History, Composers, and Music; producer-annotator of the two-CD set Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington; and producer author of the book and three disc set The Classic Hoagy Carmichael. Dr. Hasse is a contributor to seven encyclopedias. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |