I was hired to teach journalism at Rutgers University-\u00adNewark two years ago. A month before classes were to begin, while navigating around the Rutgers website, I realized the Institute of Jazz Studies\u2014one of the world\u2019s largest archives devoted to the genre\u2014was on campus. Writing occasionally about jazz over the last two decades, I thought to myself: \u201cI\u2019m going to like this job!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I figured out a way to work into my syllabus a visit to the Institute at the fourth floor of Dana Library, where visitors can find Miles Davis\u2019s trumpet, Billie Holiday\u2019s jewelry and Ella Fitzgerald\u2019s wig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Newark\u2019s place in jazz history includes Sarah Vaughan, Wayne Shorter, James Moody, Woody Shaw and Larry Young, among others. Christian McBride, American Bassist and Composer, said in a Guardian article that \u201ccoupled with its modern-day vibrancy makes Newark one of the greatest jazz cities in the world.\u201d I couldn\u2019t agree more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My biggest Newark revelation thus far has been NJPAC, whose \u00adarchitecture and acoustics are every bit majestic as London\u2019s Royal Albert Hall or New York\u2019s Carnegie Hall. An all-star cast headed by Cassandra Wilson recreated Max Roach\u2019s civil rights must-hear 1962 album Freedom Now Suite. It was simply the best-sounding jazz concert I\u2019ve ever witnessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On my to-do list this semester is digging in Newark native Philip Roth\u2019s personal book collection at the Newark Public Library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014Larry Jaffee<\/em><\/strong> I was hired to teach journalism at Rutgers University-\u00adNewark two years ago. A month before classes were to begin, while navigating around the Rutgers website, I realized the Institute of Jazz Studies\u2014one of the world\u2019s largest archives devoted to the genre\u2014was on campus. Writing occasionally about jazz over the last two decades, I thought to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"3","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"hide","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"0","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[273,274,271],"class_list":["post-2929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-youth","tag-institute-of-jazz-studies","tag-rutgers-university-newark","tag-winter-2023"],"yoast_head":"\n
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