
Author Talk with Maxine Gordon: Quartet: Stories from the Lives of Four Women Jazz Musicians
Jazz historian, long time jazz advocate, executive, archivist, author of Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon, and Gordon’s widow and biographer — Maxine Gordon prepares for the publication of her next book, entitled "Quartette: Stories from the Lives of Four Women Jazz Musicians - Maxine Sullivan, Velma Middleton, Melba Liston, and Shirley Scott" (Published jointly by Columbia University & Howard University Press).
Maxine is currently completing a one-year Fellowship as Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard University.
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- Date:
- Wednesday, November 15, 2023
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:30pm
- Location:
- Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
- Campus:
- Main Campus