Jazz in Historically Black Colleges

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Jazz in Historically Black Colleges
Jazz Education Journal
34
3
54-58
2001/11
eng
1540-2886
Discusses the various contributions of students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to the
college jazz education movement in the United States. Profiles one of the outstanding black college jazz bands
during the 1940s and 1950s, the Tennessee State Collegians. Lists several prominent jazz musicians who were
among those involved in the HBCU jazz movement.
Éducation