16 Jan 2022

Dr Aleisha Ward: The birth of recorded jazz

From Summer Weekends, 11:20 am on 16 January 2022

Every year a list comes out. It's a special list of recordings and books which have entered the public domain and are no longer covered by copyright! This year a raft of cultural products from 1921 have entered the public sphere and they paint an interesting picture of a unique moment in popular music history. We thought we should play some! Jazz historian Dr Aleisha Ward is a Lecturer at the school of Music at the University of Auckland.

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