RHYTHM & BOOK: talks on early jazz
music, dance, literature & fashion
This project is currently on hiatus
Programme & Past Topics/Speakers below
A fascinating weekly series, from London UK, of live talks and discussions on the history of popular jazz music, dance, personalities, technicalities, fashion, business and much more.
Guest speakers are highly-experienced professionals and practitioners in their field. They bring their passion and lived experiences of working with these subjects. With many so busy before the pandemic, it is a rare treat for them to have the time to share their knowledge with us.
Rhythm & Book is a project by Nikki Santilli
‘Suzi-Q, Who?’ – Kirsten Chick
Weds 17 March, 8pm
tickets available until 6pm on 17/03
Birthing the Blues – Susan Simms (“Sister Suzie”)
Weds 24 March, 8pm
tickets available until 6pm on 24/03
Early Jazz Dance Classes: http://www.hotjazzrag.com
Dancing Times: Jazz in Britain, 1900 – 1950
Weds 31 March, 8pm
tickets available until 6pm on 31/03
The Maturing Female Voice – Ali Affleck
Weds 7 April, 8pm
tickets available until 6pm on 31/03
- Previous Speakers:
- Florence Joelle – Civil Rights & Jazz / “Heroes & Hoodlums: Early Years of the Record Labels” / Big Band to Bebop
- Clare Rose – Dance Floor Fashions (series)
- Nicholas D. Ball – ‘The Roll of the Drums’ in Early Jazz / War Time in Ragtime
- Mike Stephens – “the Seamstress & I”
- Paul Mike Smith – Mid-Century Swing
- Enrico Tomasso – The role of the trumpet / Louis Armstrong & I
- Clair Wills – Figuring Out the Follow
- Ali Affleck – The Female Voice in Early Jazz & Blues (series)
- Kit Massey – “(Re)-Introducing Stéphane Grappelli”
- Jane Pettigrew – The Story of the Tea Dance
- Geoff Amabalino – The Record Collector
- Corina Kwami – Jazz for Innovators
- Ewan Bleach – Billie Holiday and The Song
- Nikki Santilli – James P Johnson, Irene & Vernon Castle, Marie Bryant, Spirituals & the Blues, Williams & The Walkers, The Savoy Ballroom, The Chorus.
- Jonathan Holmes – Black Performers in the UK, 1919-1914
- Sandy Burnett – The Two-Way Mirror: classical music & jazz
- Antony Robbins – Menswear 1900-1950
- Michael McQuaid – Crazy Rhythms Explained
- Adrian Cox – Blackstick Magic
- Daniel Hopkins – Jazz & the Railroad
- Ray Gelato – The Great Entertainers I & II
- Alice Mary Williamson Jelaska – Women in Jazz
Coming up:
The Pianola – Nicholas D. Ball (14 April)
Early Jazz Piano – Nick Tomalin (21 April)
Latin Jazz – Florence Joelle (28 April)
Special Series: Jazz for Cinema (5 -19 May)
1: Silent Films – Emily O’Hara & Nicholas D. Ball
2. Golden Age of Hollywood film music – Alice Mary Williamson Jelaska
3. The Crime Scene: film noir soundtracks – Florence Joelle
Booking opens soon!
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