Just as the current U-M Museum of Art exhibition “On Beauty and the Everyday: The Prints of James McNeill Whistler” highlights the influence of Europe on an American visual artist, the upcoming performance “Jazz Age Paris” explores themes of expatriation in music.
The program will be presented at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Apse Room, UMMA.
Jazz was welcomed and adopted by Parisians as early as the 1920s, giving African-American musicians the serious critical acclaim that was absent in the United States. Local early jazz specialists Phil Ogilvie’s Rhythm Kings, with Professor Emeritus James Dapogny, present the music as it was heard and performed in Paris. Jazz faculty and students also will perform music from post-war Paris, led by Andrew Bishop, assistant professor of music.
At 7:30 p.m., Dapogny will present a pre-concert talk about jazz in early 20th century Paris.
The concert is presented by UMMA in collaboration with the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
