Jazz Studies
Nicole Mitchell Named Jazz Journalist Association's Flutist of the Year
AJ Five Quintet: Songs for Tomorrow at City Of Asylum Feb. 27
Deanna Witkowski releases Force of Nature on MCG Jazz
Join Deanna for celebratory concerts with bassist Ava Lintz and drummer George Heid III.
Sunday, February 6 at 6 p.m. (in person and viritual)
City of Asylum
40 W. North Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Free to the public
RSVP to watch live in person or online
Nicole Mitchell Celebrated with Residency at Mills College
A J Johnson's Love Unlimited Trio at City of Asylum Feb. 8
City of Asylum will present A J Johnson’s Love Unlimited Trio live at Alphabet City on February 8, 2022 from 7–8:30. Tickets are FREE for both in-person and online attendance with registration.
Nicole Mitchell's "Mothership Calling" at the Oakland Museum
Nicole Mitchell's sound installation Mothership Calling can currently be experienced as part of the Oakland Museum of California's exhibition Mothership: Voyage into Afrofuturism. Presented together with murals by Sydney Cain, the work tells the story of Octavia Butler's Earthseed novels through an immersive soundscape.
Mark Micchelli
Lee Caplan's Newest Publication
Pitt Jazz Studies PhD student and teaching fellow Lee Caplan's "Jazz Historiography, Eurocentric Philosophy, and the Problem of Hegel and Aristotle" has been published in the January 2022 issue of Jazz Education in Research and Practice. Exploring diverse topics of jazz scholarship and its applications to pedagogy, the journal provides a forum for interaction and exchange between researchers and practitioners grounded in scholarship.
University of Pittsburgh’s Jazz Studies Program Celebrates Pianist Erroll Garner’s Centennial During 51st Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert Week