PRJC Jazz Talk: "Jazz à la Creole" featuring author Caroline Vézina

The Potomac River Jazz Club is a nonprofit society whose purpose is to preserve, encourage and promote the playing and appreciation of traditional jazz. On our Web site you’ll find information about trad jazz happenings in the Washington-Baltimore area, about our organization, about our affiliated jazz bands, about jazz history, and about many other items of interest to jazz fans. And be sure to check out what PRJC is doing to encourage young musicians to play traditional jazz with theCapital Focus Youth Jazz Band.Tickets are available here on Eventbrite for our monthly jams, in person monthly concerts, and monthly online Jazz Talks via Zoom.

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"Jazz à la Creole: French Creole Music and the Birth of Jazz" is a captivating exploration of the roots and evolution of jazz music.

Jazz à la Creole: French Creole Music and the Birth of Jazz (University Press of Mississippi, 2022).Winner of the 2023 Award for Excellence for Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections.During the formative years of jazz (1890–1917), Creoles musicians played a significant role in its development as teachers, bandleaders, instrumentalists, singers, and composers, Indeed, free or enslaved, the French Creoles all danced, played music or sang on multiple and diverse occasions, whether on plantations, at home or at church, in orchestras or even in the military, and their music incorporated African, European, and Caribbean elements decades before early jazz appeared.They also composed or improvised Creole songs, some of which became part of their professional repertoire. As such, they belong both to the Black American folk music that gave birth to jazz, and to Franco-American folk music, thus reflecting the rich cultural heritage of Louisiana as they are still being played and recorded today.*******Based in Montreal, Caroline Vézina is an independent scholar specializing in the study of music and culture. She holds a BFA specialized in Jazz Studies and a MA in Music and Culture (2014). After graduation, she split her time between her hometown and New Orleans for many years to further her research on the music of the French Creoles. She is now completing a Certificate in Songwriting with Berklee Music Online. The PRJC offers this Zoom series for FREE, but we appreciate any donation tickets purchased to offset program costs. Registration is required by 5:00p.m. the day of the presentation to get the Zoom link.

PRJC Jazz Talk: "Jazz à la Creole" featuring author Caroline Vézina

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