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Jeffrey J. Taylor

Dir. Chairperson,Prof.& Co-Dir, Institute for Studies in Amer Music
Music, Conservatory of

Location: 422 Whitehead Hall
Phone: 718.951.5286
Fax: 718.951.4502
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Jeffrey Taylor is Professor of Music and Director of the Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music (HISAM) at Brooklyn College. At the Conservatory of Music he primarily teaches courses in American music and jazz, as well as seminars in special topics and courses in Western art music. At the Institute he oversees the production of the journal _American Music Review_, and guides planning of speakers, conferences, and special events. He oversees the staff at the Institute, and assists in publicity and fundraising. At the CUNY Graduate Center he advises dissertations on American music, oversees the Elebash Grant program, serves on the Executive Board, and teaches seminars on music of the 1920s and 1960s.

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Education:

Ph.D., University of Michigan - Ann Arbor - 1993 (Music History)

B.A., Carleton College - 1981 (Music)

Areas of Expertise:

Jeffrey Taylor specializes in music of the United States and jazz history. His interests include many aspects of current trends in jazz and popular music scholarship and performance, particularly those related to race, gender, class, sexuality and spirituality. Specific interests included jazz and culture in Chicago, the player piano industry in New York, and the history of jazz piano. He also researches the history of jazz in Brooklyn, especially the black radical music tradition of the 1960s.

Books and Publications

"Fatha Steps In": Earl Hines and Chicago Jazz. MS to be completed during 2019-2020 sabbatical leave. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2021

"Pharoah Sanders and The East." MS to be completed during 2019-2020 sabbatical leave. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2021

"Mark Tucker and Monk's 'Misterioso.'" In Thomas Riis and Tara Browner, eds. Revisiting American Music. Champaign/Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2019. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019

"Fellow Travelers." American Music Review 48 (Spring 2018). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2018

"Jess Stacy," "Earl Hines," "James P. Johnson," "Stride Piano," "Luckey Roberts."The New Grove Dictionary of American Music and Musicians 2nd edition. Ed. Charles Hiroshi Garrett. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2012

"Brooklyn Remembers Cal Massey." American Music Review 39, Spring. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2010

"With Lovie and Lil: Rediscovering Two Chicago Pianists of the 1920s." Big Ears: Listening for Gender in Jazz Studies. Eds. Sherrie Tucker and Nichole Rustin. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2008

"Celebrating a Minnesota Legend." ISAM Newsletter 37, Fall. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2007

"Celebrating Randy Weston." ISAM Newsletter 36, Spring. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2006

"Nine Priceless Hours With an American Master (REV)." ISAM Newsletter 36, Fall. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2006

Earl "Fatha" Hines: Selected Piano Solos, 1928-41. Volume 15 in Music of the United States of America. Edition of jazz piano transcriptions with historical and analytical essay. Madison, Wis.: American Musicological Society/A-R Editions. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2006

"Celebrating Jelly Roll." ISAM Newsletter 31, Spring. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2002

"Earl Hines and Rosetta." Current Musicology: Special Issue, A Commemorative Festschrift in Honor of Mark Tucker 71-73, Spring 2001-Spring 2002. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2002

Essay and liner notes for Zez Confrey: Piano Rolls and Scores. Warner Classics, CD 0927-49309-2. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2002

"Life With Fatha." ISAM Newsletter 30, Fall. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2000

"The Early Origins of Jazz." Jazz: A Reader's Companion. Ed. Bill Kirchner. New York: Oxford University Press. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2000

"Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines and Weather Bird." The Musical Quarterly 82, Spring. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1998

Liner notes for Zez Confrey: Piano Solos. Pearl Recordings. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 1998

Creative Work

Featured performer, Musica Brooklyniana (piano works of Lamb and Blake). Brooklyn College. May 13. 2001

Taylor, Jeffrey and Artis Wodehouse. "The Piano Music of Gershwin and His Contemporaries" lecture/recital. The Gershwins at 100: A Centennial Festival. Brooklyn College, City College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Oct. 28-Nov. 8. 1998

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

Tow Travel Fellowship (Grants and Fellowships) 2019

Claude V. Palisca Award, from the American Musicological Society, for Earl "Fatha" Hines: Selected Piano Solos, 1928-41, (A-R Editions, 2006). (Awards and Honors) 2006

Fellow, Wolfe Institute for the Humanities, Brooklyn College, 1997-98. (Grants and Fellowships) 1998

Tow Award (for junior faculty of exceptional promise), Brooklyn College, 1995-96. (Awards and Honors) 1996

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

Advisor, "Unit Structures: The Art of Cecil Taylor," Oct. 24-26 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019

"Sounds of Liberation: Cal Massey, Fred Ho, and Brooklyn." CUNY Graduate Center, 9
May 2017
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017

Panel Chair, "Instruments." Society for American Music, Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, March 2015. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015

"Live at the East: Pharoah Sanders in Brooklyn." Annual Meeting, Society for American Music, Little Rock, AK, March 2013. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013

Panel Chair, "Pharoah Sanders: Music and Context." Annual Meeting, Society for American Music, Little Rock, AK, March 2013. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013

Panel member, "Theresa Bernstein: A Century in Art." CUNY Graduate Center, 3 Dec. 2013. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013

"Of Player Pianos, Novelty and Jazz." Society for American Music National Meeting. Eugene, Ore., Feb. 17. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005

"With Lovie and Lil: Rediscovering Two Chicago Pianists of the 1920s." 2005 Leeds International Jazz Conference. Leeds, United Kingdom, March 12. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005

Listening to Gender in Jazz Studies Seminar. Columbia University. New York, March 2. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005

Stride Piano Seminar. Rutgers University. Newark, N.J., Nov. 22. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2002

"Earl Hines and the Art of the Piano Solo." Earl Hines Symposium. University of California, Berkeley. March 18. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2000

"Earl Hines and the Blues Aesthetic." Music of the Americas Study Group, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Jan. 21. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2000

"Jazz Transcriptions in Live Performance: Issues and Controversies." Sonneck Society for American Music National Meeting. Fort Worth, Texas, March 11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1999

Professional Leadership

Chair, Honors and Awards Committee, Society For American Music, 2012-2013 (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013

Director, H. Wiley Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music, Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn College, Fall 2006-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2006