Everything You Wanted to Know About Jazz (but were afraid to ask)

Jazz education pioneer, Stanford lecturer and Stanford Jazz Workshop founder Jim Nadel leads an ensemble of veteran Bay Area jazz artists in an entertaining concert enhanced with commentary and conversation. This event will take the audience through a musical survey of jazz styles from Swing to Modern Jazz. Nadel and his friends share insights into how jazz is created, the roles of specific instruments, and offers insights that help listeners hear the music from the musicians' point of view.