Jazz and Popular Song
Thursday, March 27, 2025 3:00–4:30 PM
Description
Slim and Him, the co-hosts of a weekly radio show on Colgate's radio station WRCU FM, will explore popular music and its roots in jazz genres from the traditional to bebop to the avant-garde.Presenters: Michael Coyle, Professor of English at Colgate University and Kara Rusch, artist and former partner at Cadence Jazz
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