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Phil In The Gap by Phil Woods
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A Note from the Collection Coordinator by Bob Bush
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From the Academy by Patrick Dorian
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From an ESU Jazz Masters Seminar: John Coates, Jr.
16 Dancing with Dizzy in the Summer of ‘65 by Donna Wilcox and John Wilcox 20 Al Cohn: The 1986 Cadence Interview – Part Two by Bob Rusch 24 On Education and the Improvising Musician – Part Three by David Liebman 28 Jazz at ESU: Bridging Generations 31 Sideman Asides compiled by Patrick Dorian 32 Readers, please take NOTE 33 Mailbag 34 Contributors & Acknowledgments 35 About the Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection
From the Collection . . . Cover Photo (front): Pocono jazz icon John Coates, Jr., performing at the Deer Head Inn, Delaware Water Gap, PA, May 16, 2009, by Jeff Phillips.
Centerfold Photo: Dizzy Gillespie, surrounded by young admirers after a concert at the Bundy School, Washington, D.C., August 1965, by Donna Wilcox, donated by Ms. Wilcox.
Cover Photo (back): Al Cohn, performing a solo with the Count Basie Orchestra, Randall’s Island, New York City, 1956, by Chuck Lilly, donated by Mr. Lilly.
The Note
Vol. 19 - No. 3 - Issue 50 Fall 2009
Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection
Kemp Library East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania 200 Prospect St. East Stroudsburg, PA 18301-2999
Email: alcohncollection@esu.edu Phone: (570) 422-3828 Website: www.esu.edu/alcohncollection Editor:
R.W. Bush
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ESU Office of University Relations BGA Studios.com The NOTE is published three times per year by the Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, as part of its educational outreach program. The mission of the Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection is to stimulate, enrich, and support research, teaching, learning, and appreciation of all forms of jazz. The ACMJC is a distinctive archive built upon a unique and symbiotic relationship between the Pocono Mountains jazz community and East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. With the support of a world-wide network of jazz advocates, the ACMJC seeks to promote the local and global history of jazz by making its resources available and useful to students, researchers, educators, musicians, historians, journalists and jazz enthusiasts of all kinds, and to preserve its holdings for future generations.
Please direct all correspondences to: Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection Kemp Library |East Stroudsburg University 200 Prospect St. East Stroudsburg, PA 18301-2999 © 2009 Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection / East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
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