Lenox School of Jazz

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The Lenox School of Jazz was a summer programme of jazz education from 1957 to 1960, at the Music Barn in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Faculty included Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Giuffre, John Lewis,[1] Percy Heath, Larry Ridley, Connie Kay, Jim Hall, Ralph Peña, Max Roach,[2] and Willis James.[3][4]

Students included Ornette Coleman, Margo Guryan, Dizzy Sal, Jamey Aebersold, David Baker, Paul Bley, Attila Zoller, Lucille Butterman, Terry Hawkeye, Verne Elkins, Cevira Rose, Dale Hillary, and Esther Siegel.[3][4]

Scholarships

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A number of scholarships were available.

In late 1957 Herman Lubinsky, head of Savoy Records in Newark, NJ, established a scholarship for full tuition, room and board, and private lesson fees to a promising instrumental student for attendance at the School of Jazz during its second annual session on the grounds of Music Inn, Lenox, Massachusetts, during August, 1958.

In 1959 the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company awarded the Shafer Scholarships to John Keyser, Paul Cohen, Steve Kuhn, Dave Mackay, Ian Underwood, Tony Greenwald and Herb Gardner. R.J. Schaefer III presented the scholarships.

Discography

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Bibliography

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  • Jeremy Yudkin: The Lenox School of Jazz - A Vital Chapter in the History of American Music and Race Relations. ISBN 0-9789089-1-0.

Dizzy Gillespie with Al Fraser: “To Be or Not To Bop”- ‘School for Jazz.’ {ISBN 978-0-8166-6547-1}

References

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  1. ^ Owens, Thomas (October 31, 2001). "John Lewis". New Grove Music Online.
  2. ^ "Max Roach Biography". Blue Note. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b Paul Haines (2007). Secret Carnival Workers. Coach House Books. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-9783426-0-9.
  4. ^ a b "School of Jazz Photo Scrapbook". www.jazzdiscography.com. Archived from the original on 2003-11-06.
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