Lloyd 'Doc' Miller & Guests Tour The History Of Jazz During Worldstage! 7/6

The Utah Cultural Celebration Center's WorldStage! Concert Series continues with an informative and exciting history and overview of Jazz music. Join Lloyd "Doc" Miller and special guest artists as they take you on a tour of the history of jazz from the 1900s to 1960.

Monday, July 6, 2009
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.: Utah Humanities Council funded workshop featuring a discussion on the early development of Louisiana ethnic music and jazz from its Franco-African roots with Hispanic influence in New Orleans and its 1920s version in Chicago, then how it morphed into modern jazz in the 40s and 50s influenced by harmonic sophistication innovated by Debussy.

Concert begins at 8:00 p.m.

Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 West 3100 South

EVERYONE is invited to this FREE concert and jazz workshop!

The audience will be guided through the history of our American art form, jazz, beginning with early New Orleans jazz of the turn of the century characterized by the great Bunk Johnson's band then moving on to the Roaring Twenties with replications of pieces by Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton. The second half of the concert will feature bebop from the 1940s and cool jazz from the 1950s ending with a couple of rollicking blues and jive numbers. This will be fun family music and no earplugs will be necessary.

For more information about this and other events or exhibits at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, call 801-965-5108 or visit www.culturalcelebration.org.