Colter Harper: Jazz and Jazz History

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History

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Adults
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Enjoy a short performance by local jazz musician and author, Colter Harper, followed by a discussion of his book, Jazz in the Hill: Nightlife and Narratives of A Pittsburgh Neighborhood. 

Colter Harper is an ethnomusicologist and musician whose creative and scholarly work explores jazz, American nightlife, and the music of West Africa. Harper served as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Ghana from 2018 to 2020 and has performed as a guitarist, including with the rock band Rusted Root. He is currently a teaching assistant professor in the Department of Music at the University at Buffalo. Find out more about him and his work on his website. 

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