Women’s Jazz Festival - The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound

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Join the Schomburg for our annual Women's Jazz Festival during Women’s History Month, as we reimagined it for a virtual space to celebrate Black women in music. Throughout the month, we will explore with scholars, performers, and literary figures, the wide array of contributions by Black women to the music industry. Each program will begin with a musical performance then proceed into dynamic conversations with authors of some of the most exciting work on music today. #WJF2021 THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF BLACK FEMINIST SOUND In Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound, Daphne Brooks explores more than a century of music archives to examine the critics, collectors, and listeners who have determined perceptions of Black women in the recording studio and on stage. Do we ever think of black women musicians as intellectuals? Do we ever think of them as innovating and curating repertoires that actively engage with the complexities of African American history and American history more broadly? Is there such a thing as black feminist music writing? Join us for a conversation with Dr. Brooks as she explores those answers with moderator, Brent Hayes Edwards, Director of the Scholars-in-Residence Program at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The program will open with a special performance by Firey String Sistas!, an ensemble committed to pushing the limits of string, ensemble playing, and improvisation to the next level.
Posted January 11, 2022
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