Lenox School of Jazz

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

Faculty included Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Giuffre, Percy Heath, Connie Kay, Jim Hall, Ralph Peña, Max Roach,^[1] Willis James.^[2][3]

Students included Ornette Coleman, Dizzy Sal, Jamey Aebersold, David Baker, Paul Bley, Attila Zoller, , , , , , .^[2][3]

Scholarships[]

A number of scholarships were available.

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[]

• The Lenox Jazz School Concert - August 29, 1959 with Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Kenny Dorham, Jimmy Giuffre, Ian Underwood, Gunther Schuller, Gary McFarland, Attila Zoller, Steve Kuhn, Ran Blake, Larry Ridley (Fresh Sound)

Bibliography[]

• 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[]

External links[]

• Music Inn Archives
• Lenox History
• Lenox School of Music
• School of Jazz Photo Scrapbook
• New England Music education

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