Reflecting on Mary Lou Williams: Envisioning the Future of Jazz

The program brings together noted scholars to examine the contributions of Mary Lou Williams to American music and reflect on the challenges to the future of jazz as a living art form. With Guthrie Ramsey, Jr. (Univ. of Pennsylvania), Sherrie Tucker (Univ. of Kansas), Ted Buehrer (Kenyon College), Farah Griffin (Columbia University) and Tammy Kernodle (Miami Univ.). Co-sponsored by Madison's Mary Lou Williams Centennial Coordinating Committee and the School of Music.