This is awesome. I remember Dr Cayer. I was so impressed with his wide scope of knowledge. I just played with Marty Morell last night. Ill share this with him (per your instructions)
Thanks for posting, Lewis. Im reading the new James P Johnson biography. Selfishly, I wish I could talk to David about this. I remember Eubie Blake have some Rutgers interactions, but did not know about Willie the Lion Smith having visited the campuses. Thanks again. Jeff
Yes, Dave Cayer was a great guy and I do think he was involved in arranging for those Eubie Blake visits as well. Scott Brown, another graduate of our M.A. program in jazz history, recently published a completely new and expanded edition of his James P Johnson bio--I'm glad you have it. It's at:
Bill Evans (1930-1950). Typo?
Sorry--I fixed it. THANKS
This is awesome. I remember Dr Cayer. I was so impressed with his wide scope of knowledge. I just played with Marty Morell last night. Ill share this with him (per your instructions)
Thanks for posting, Lewis. Im reading the new James P Johnson biography. Selfishly, I wish I could talk to David about this. I remember Eubie Blake have some Rutgers interactions, but did not know about Willie the Lion Smith having visited the campuses. Thanks again. Jeff
Yes, Dave Cayer was a great guy and I do think he was involved in arranging for those Eubie Blake visits as well. Scott Brown, another graduate of our M.A. program in jazz history, recently published a completely new and expanded edition of his James P Johnson bio--I'm glad you have it. It's at:
https://www.amazon.com/Speakeasies-Symphonies-Genius-Johnson-American/dp/1496857526
And thanks in advance for sharing the link with Marty Morell--I hope he enjoys it. THANK YOU JEFF
Thank you thank you thank you
Thank you for this.