"Jazz pianist and composer Herbie
Hancock will soon be a Harvard man.
Hancock has been named the 2014
Charles Eliot Norton Professor of
Poetry at Harvard University. He’ll be
delivering six lectures on “The Ethics
of Jazz” in February and March at
Harvard University, covering such
topics as “The Wisdom of Miles
Davis” and “Cultural Diplomacy and
the Voice of Freedom.”
Hancock says his lectures will cover
the practical lessons he’s learned
about the harmonious connection
between “the essential values in jazz
and the values of Buddhism.”
Established in 1925, the Norton
Professorship has been awarded to
important figures from across the
arts, including T.S. Eliot, Igor
Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein."
Detroit Post.
BN.
Miles, of course, was well known for his "Cultural Diplomacy". Things have greatly moved on in academia since Ron Coltrane had a p/t lectureship at Enfield Poly at the time of the 1968 riots.
Hancock will soon be a Harvard man.
Hancock has been named the 2014
Charles Eliot Norton Professor of
Poetry at Harvard University. He’ll be
delivering six lectures on “The Ethics
of Jazz” in February and March at
Harvard University, covering such
topics as “The Wisdom of Miles
Davis” and “Cultural Diplomacy and
the Voice of Freedom.”
Hancock says his lectures will cover
the practical lessons he’s learned
about the harmonious connection
between “the essential values in jazz
and the values of Buddhism.”
Established in 1925, the Norton
Professorship has been awarded to
important figures from across the
arts, including T.S. Eliot, Igor
Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein."
Detroit Post.
BN.
Miles, of course, was well known for his "Cultural Diplomacy". Things have greatly moved on in academia since Ron Coltrane had a p/t lectureship at Enfield Poly at the time of the 1968 riots.
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