Join us for an evening of Jazz. First we'll have a talk about Jazz, headlined by famous Jazz author David Adler, and esteemed former Booth professor Damon Phillips. After the talk we'll have an enormous BBQ dinner, and a concert by the Mingus Orchestra.
Please note: The Jazz Standard is openning up a half hour early for our talk, so it is very important for everyone to be on time at 6pm.
Driving Directions:
Easy access from the 6 train at the 28th street station, or the N/R at the 23rd street station.
Event Details
A night of talk, food, music - All That Jazz. Many of you are familiar with Professor Phillips from his days at Booth teaching Strategic Leadership and Network Structures of Management. He moonlights as an author, recently writing Shaping Jazz:
Cities, Labels, and the Global Emergence of an Art Form. You can find the book at http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10026.html. David Adler is an acclaimed author who has written for JazzTimes, the Village Voice and many others. You can find his writing at http://www.adlermusic.com/articles.php.
What's included in the cost?:
- Two speakers.
- A gloriously soul satisfying and artery clogging BBQ dinner
- A concert by the Mingus Orchestra
What's not?:
- The book. We're working on a way for you to purchase the book there if you're interested.
- Drinks. It'll be a cash bar.
Please note: The Jazz Standard is openning up a half hour early for our talk, so it is very important for everyone to be on time at 6pm.
Program
6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Discuss Jazz
6:30 PM-7:30 PM: Feast!
7:30 PM-9:00 PM: Concert
Speaker Profiles
Damon Phillips (Speaker)
James P. Gorman Professor of Business Strategy, Columbia University
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10026.html
Damon J. Phillips is the James P. Gorman Professor of Business Strategy. He received his PhD from Stanford University. Before joining Columbia in 2011, he was on the faculty of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (from 1998-2011). During the 2010-2011 academic year he was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Professor Phillips has expertise in social structural approaches to labor and product markets, entrepreneurship, innovation, organizational strategy and structure, as well as social network theory and analysis. His industry specialties are markets for professional services (law, consulting, investment banking, accounting) and culture (music industry). He is currently has a book contract with Princeton University Press on the market for recorded jazz tentatively titled "Shaping Jazz". In addition to publishing in top journals within management and sociology, Professor Phillips has been on the editorial board of the Administrative Science Quarterly, an Associate Editor with Management Science, and is currently a Consulting Editor at the American Journal of Sociology. Professor Phillips is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Morehouse College with a bachelor's degree in physics. He earned his first master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He earned a second master's degree in sociology from Stanford University. Before pursuing his PhD at Stanford, he worked as an engineer and researcher affiliated with the U.S. Air Force (Lincoln Labs, MA) and was vice president in a family-owned electronics manufacturing business. He enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters, learning to play instruments, and listening to music. Areas of Expertise: The Sociology of Labor Markets and Professional Careers Social Networks Managing Innovation, Creativity, and Change Entrepreneurial Management
David Adler (Speaker)
Author, Adler Music
http://www.adlermusic.com/
David R. Adler writes about jazz and assorted topics for JazzTimes, The Village Voice, Stereophile, The New York City Jazz Record and other publications. He has also taught jazz history at the Aaron Copland School of Music (Queens College-CUNY), and appeared as a guest lecturer at New York University, Hunter College, Baruch College, Fairleigh Dickinson University and the 92nd Street Y.
David's writing has appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Weekly, Down Beat, Time Out New York, City Arts, Jazziz, The New York Times, The New Republic, Slate, The Forward, Fairmont Magazine (Canada), La Tempestad (Mexico), GEO (Germany), New Music Box, All Music Guide, Global Rhythm, Signal to Noise, Coda, Jewish Currents and more. His writing for the UK journal Democratiya has been featured alongside that of Michael Walzer, Todd Gitlin and other leading figures of the democratic left. David's areas of interest include human rights, foreign policy, the politics of antisemitism and the defense of liberal democratic values.
David has spoken as a panelist at the EMP Pop Conference, the Detroit Jazz Festival, the Vision Festival and the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) Conference. He has moderated panels for the Philadelphia Music Project and the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA), and conducted pre-concert artist discussions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the Ars Nova Workshop concert series and the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. Onstage, David has interviewed Jason Moran, Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, Vijay Iyer, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Mike Reed, Jeff Parker and John Hollenbeck.
For roughly seven years David served as editor of Jazz Notes, the quarterly publication of the Jazz Journalists Association, helping to oversee its transition to the web as JJA News. David's efforts with the JJA have also included mentoring and education initiatives as well as public advocacy on behalf of journalists, musicians and the jazz idiom in general.
In an earlier life as a professional guitarist, David worked with a wide variety of artists in settings including jazz, rock/pop, gospel, cabaret, musical theater and more. He gigged extensively with Tom Kitt — now a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner for "Next to Normal" — and performed in some of New York's best-known venues, including Avery Fisher Hall, Roseland, Joe's Pub, Fez, Mercury Lounge and the Living Room. During his tenure with the East Village band Keeta Speed (1996-1999), he recorded with the famed producers Dave McDonald (Portishead), Patrick Dillett (They Might Be Giants) and Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips).