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Dr. Charles Blancq
Professor of Music
Contact Information:
E-mail: cblancq@uno.edu
Office Number: (504)280-6786
Charles
Blancq is a former symphonic percussionist and jazz drummer, who has authored
a book and many articles on jazz and related subjects. His Sonny Rollins:
The Journey of a Jazzman (1983) is the definitive work on the great
tenor saxophonist's early career. His articles and papers presented to
the International
Association of Jazz Educators (1980-89) and other publications cover
a variety of topics concerning jazz in the modern era. More recently,
Dr. Blancq has contributed the "Session Notes" to the Fantasy/Milestone seven CD package, Sonny Rollins: The Complete Prestige Recordings and several articles to the American
National Biography (Oxford University Press).
Professor Blancq completed a M.A. at North Texas State University and
a Ph.D. at Tulane, both in Historical Musicology. He has been a member
of the music faculty at the University of New Orleans since 1970 and teaches
courses in Jazz History, Twentieth Century Music, and Literature. |
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