John F. Szwed (born 1936) is the John M. Musser Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, African American Studies and Film Studies at Yale University and an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar in the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University, where he previously served as the Center's Director and Professor of Music and Jazz Studies. Szwed is the author of many books on jazz and American music, including studies of Sun Ra, Miles Davis, Jelly Roll Morton, Alan Lomax, Billie Holiday and Harry Everett Smith.
John F. Szwed (born 1936) is the John M. Musser Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, African American Studies and Film Studies at Yale University and an...
surname include: Aleksandra Szwed (born 1990), Polish actress and singer Dariusz Szwed (born 1967), Polish politician JohnSzwed (born 1936), American musicologist...
Volume 2. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 136. ISBN 0-19-504043-0. JohnSzwed, "Doctor Jazz", booklet in Jelly Roll Morton: The Complete Library of...
OCLC 676695891. JohnSzwed, Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World (New York: Viking, 2010), p. 20. Szwed (2010), p. 21. Szwed (2010), p. 22. Szwed (2010)...
Cohen, John (2005). No Direction Home (DVD). Paramount Pictures. Dylan, Bob (2005). No Direction Home (DVD). Paramount Pictures. JohnSzwed, Alan Lomax:...
Seeger, p. 239. Judith Tick, Ruth Crawford Seeger, p. 235. According to JohnSzwed, Jackson Pollock, later famous for his "drip" paintings, played harmonica...
been witness to for the past thirty years, both terrifying and joyful. — JohnSzwed on Agharta (1975) and Pangaea (1976) Studio sessions throughout 1973 and...
own way. In his 2015 study, Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth, JohnSzwed argued that Lady Sings the Blues is a generally accurate account of her...
Taylor's ascent beyond traditional structure.' According to Ra's biographer, JohnSzwed, the title might refer to Stanley Kubrick's 2001, featuring a monolith...
ISBN 0679435891. Szwed (1998), p. 10. Szwed (1998), pp. 28–29. Szwed (1998), pp. 30–31. Szwed (1998), p. 33. Szwed (1998), p. 43. Szwed (1998), p. 44, Szwed (1998)...
Chicago and relocated to New York City. According to Sun Ra's biographer JohnSzwed: 'The idea was just to play a few gigs, maybe some studio work, and then...
playing between each duo of saxophonists and guitarists. According to JohnSzwed, it has moments when all three guitarists and two saxophonists are "in...
Best Album Notes The Complete Library of Congress Recordings Alan Lomax, JohnSzwed (notes writer) (Jelly Roll Morton) Best Polka Album Shake, Rattle and...
percussive "slapped" bass used to help keep time in the rhythm section. JohnSzwed notes that in "Black Bottom Stomp," "Morton practiced what he preached...
7, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2012. Roger D. Abrahams; Nick Spitzer; JohnSzwed; Robert Farris Thompson (February 9, 2006). Blues for New Orleans: Mardi...
against Boykins's bass, a clangor made heavier by electronic enhancement.' John F Szwed All songs by Sun Ra Side A: "Celestial Fantasy" - (5.55) "The Idea Of...
include nonverbal as well as verbal behavior. With Erving Goffman and JohnSzwed, he established the Center for Urban Ethnography in 1969. The goal was...
Brian Eno by David Sheppard, and So What: The Life of Miles Davis by JohnSzwed. Prasad is an outspoken critic of many music industry practices, most...
Bois by Thomas Holt; Rosa Parks by Darlene Clark Hine; Miles Davis by JohnSzwed; Muhammad Ali by Gerald Early; and President Barack Obama by Randall Kennedy...
The 70's Punk Rebellion (Various Artists) (Rhino) 2006 Alan Lomax and JohnSzwed The Complete Library of Congress Recordings · Rounder Jelly Roll Morton...
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