Music Inn - A Documentary Film

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Music Inn - Chronological Notes

-Courtesy of J. Foster

1950

Opening Concerts at the Carriage House (2-Day Folk Festival):
Alan Lomax, Pete Seeger, Rev. Gary Davis, Woody Guthrie

First Roundtable: Marshall Stearns with Asadata Dafora, Percy Hammond (critic), Macbeth the Great, Dan Burley (stride pianist), Al Minns & Leon James (Savoy dancers), Mura Dehn (dancer)

1951

Second Roundtable: 7/51 Stearns with Rudy Blesh, Eubie Blake, Edith Wilson, John Mehegan, Lillyn Brown, Al Minns & Leon James

Third Roundtable: 9/51 Stearns with Richard Waterman, Dr. Willis James, Mahalia Jackson, John Lee Hooker, Tony Scott (clarinet), Dennis Strong (drums), Al Minns & Leon James

ATTENDING: Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, and Aaron Copland

1952

Fourth Roundtable: 9/52 Stearns with Blesh, Dr. Sterling Brown, Dr. Maurice Green (sex and jazz), Robert Thompson Dixieland Band, Dr. Willis James, Dr. Irene Pierce, Dr. Edmond Souchon, Billy Taylor Trio, Rex Stewart, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry, Emily Brams (gospel), Robert Greene (ragtime), Michael B. Olatunji, Tom Glazer…Bruce Mitchell (artist)

Institute of Jazz Studies launched by Marshall Stearns with George Avakian and John Hammond on 7/25

1953

Fifth Roundtable: 8/16 – 30th Stearns with Richard Waterman, Henry Cowell, Pete Seeger, Dr. Sterling Brown, Dr. Willis James, Jimmy Rushing, Randy Weston, Sam Gill, Willie Jones, Tom Glazer, Geoffrey Holder and Steele Drum Trio. Robert Greene and Dr. Edmund Souchon, and Minns and James.

1954

Sixth Roundtable: 8/15-9/5 Stearns with Roy Lamson, Wally House and Nina Dova, Dr. Willis James, Charles Seeger and Bob Hiram, McGhee, Sonny Terry and Pete Seeger, Lord Burgess, Pearl Primus, Macbeth the Great, Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle, Conrad Janis, Rudy Blesh, John “Knocky” Parker, Billy Taylor Trio, Nat Hentoff, S.I. Hayakawa, Sammy Price, Jimmy Rushing, Myra Johnson, Baby Face Lewis, Mama Yancey, Lee Wiley, Dan Burley, Ernestine Washington, Langston Hughes

1955

Music Barn opens

music Barn season included: Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Jimmy Rushing with Myra Johnson, Sammy Price, McGhee & Terry, Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce, Thelonious Monk, Teddy Charles, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Max Roach & Clifford Brown, The Wayfarers, Carlos Montoya, Dave Brubeck, Lucky Thompson, Gene Krupa, Mary Lou Williams, Mahalia Jackson, Eddie Condon, Bobby Hackett, Moondog, Bob Wilber and The Six, and FIVE SATURDAY CONCERTS by Richard Dyer-Bennett

Seventh Roundtable: 8/14 Stearns with Blesh, Henry Cowell, John Hammond, Langston Hughes, Dr.Willis James, Robert Reisner, Gunther Schuller

1956

Atlantic Records records The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn, ATL 1247 (Nesuhi Ertegun, producer. Tom Dowd, Engineer)

(Jazz Festival mania: Newport, RI, Ellenville, NY, Fairfield, CT, Lewissohn Stadium, NYC, Randall’s Island, NY and all over Europe)

music Barn season included: Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Wilbur de Paris, T&J Dorsey, Sarah Vaughan, The MJQ with Chris Connor, Errol Garner, Glenn Miller Orchestra with Ray McKinley, Chico Hamilton, Pete Seeger, Montoya, Clarence Cooper and Cynthia Gooding, Marais & Miranda, Richard Dyer-Bennett, Max Roach (concert dedicated to Clifford Brown who was killed in an auto accident two weeks earlier), Marian McPartland, Candido, Josh White.

Jam Session Concert with 24 musicians on 8/26

Roundtable: 8/12 Stearns with John S. Wilson, Nat Hentoff, Gunther Schuller, John Hammond, Alan Morrison, Bill Coss, Whitney Balliett, John Lewis, Lennie Tristano, Billy Taylor
Roundtables: 8/27-8/31
IMPROVISATION: Charles Mingus, Milt Jackson, Dick Katz, Jimmy Giuffre, Pee Wee Russell, John Lewis, Sammy Price, Oscar Pettiford
COMPOSTIION & INTRUMENTATION: Bill Russo, Jimmy Giuffre, Teddy Charles, Teo Macero, Quincy Jones, John Lewis, Willie ‘the Lion’ Smith, Oscar Pettiford
RHYTHM: Sammy Price, Connie Kay, Percy Heath, Dick Katz, Wilbur de Paris, Ray Brown, Max Roach, Jimmy Giuffre
INTRUMENTAL TRADITION & DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES: Rex Stewart, Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, Wilbur de Paris, Bill Russo, John Mehegan, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Pettiford
JAZZ & ITS AUDIENCE: (Communication) Dizzy Gillespie, Willis Conover, Pete Cameron, de Paris, George Wein, Monte Kay, Bill Russo, Leonard Feather, Nesuhi Ertegun

1957

music Barn season included: Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Waters, Dave Brubeck, Tom Lehrer, Gerry Mulligan, Africa Sings, Marais and Miranda, Lionel Hampton, Calypso, Eva Jessye, Duke Ellington, Weavers, Woody Herman, Richard Dyer-Bennett, After Dinner Opera, The MJQ with Jimmy Giuffre, Mahalia Jackson, Wilbur de Paris, Oscar Peterson with Dizzy Gillespie and Max Roach, Folk Song Jamboree, The MJQ (Miles Davis cancelled) with Coleman Hawkins and Sonny Stitt, Billie Holiday, School of Jazz Benefit Concert featuring Ralph Pena, Herb Ellis, Gillespie, Roach, Jim Hall, Ray Brown, Bob Dorough and Chuck Israels

School of Jazz opens 8/12
1958

music Barn season included: Barbershop Festival, Brubeck, Odetta, Ellington, Candido, Tony Scott and Langston Hughes (Jazz with Poetry), Lionel Hampton, Mary Lou Williams with Joe Turner and Pete Johnson, de Paris,
Anita O’Day, Marais & Miranda, Bobby Hackett, Dakota Staton, Stan Rubin, Tom Lehrer, The MJQ, Max Roach with Harold Farberman and Boston Percussion Ensemble, Richard Dyer-Bennett, George Shearing Quintet, Four Freshmen, Oscar Peterson Trio with Jimmy Rushing, Mahalia Jackson, Chris Connor, School of Jazz Benefit Concert with Roach, Heath, George Coleman, Ray Draper, Art Davis, Bob Brookmeyer, Lee Konitz, Kenny Dorham The MJQ with Sonny Rollins

Recording: Historic Jazz Concert at Music Inn ATL 1298

School of Jazz – Second Year

1959

music Barn season included: Wilbur de Paris, Mahalia Jackson, Odetta, Shearing, Basie with Joe Williams, Martha Schlamme, Stan Kenton, Four Freshman, Richard Dyer-Bennett, Brubeck, Sarah Vaughan, Tom Lehrer, Ahmad Jamal, Kingston Trio, Geoffrey Holder, The MJQ, Dave Lambert, John Hendricks & Annie Ross, Pete Seeger, School of Jazz Faculty (substituting for Miles Davis) featuring Giuffre, Jim Hall, Herb Pomeroy, Bill Evans and students, Giuffre with Ernestine Anderson, Ray Charles, School of Jazz Benefit Concert featuring Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Dorham, Gunther Schuller, Dukes of Dixieland, Lukas Foss

Potting Shed entertainment included: Josh White, Anita Sheer, Dick Katz Qt., Larry Adler with Ellis Larkins and Leon Bibb

Recording: Music Inn Suite, subtitled Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Harold Farberman, Mercury Records MG 36144

Recording: Historic Jazz Concert, Atlantic Records ATL 1298 released 4/59. C. Kalischer cover picture

School of Jazz – Third Year

1960

music Barn season included: Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, George Shearing, Mahalia Jackson, The MJQ, J.J. Johnson, Duke Ellington, Ahmad Jamal, Richard Dyer-Bennett, The Weavers, Pete Seeger, School of Jazz Benefit Concert featuring Freddie Hubbard, Jim Hall, J.J. Johnson, George Russell, Lewis, Gunther Schuller, John Garvey and students
School of Jazz (4th Year) FINAL YEAR

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	History Music Inn - Chronological Notes -Courtesy of J. Foster 1950 Opening Concerts at the Carriage House (2-Day Folk Festival): Alan Lomax, Pete Seeger, Rev. Gary Davis, Woody Guthrie *First Roundtable: Marshall Stearns* with Asadata Dafora, Percy Hammond (critic), Macbeth the Great, Dan Burley (stride pianist), Al Minns & Leon James (Savoy dancers), Mura Dehn (dancer) 1951 *Second Roundtable:* 7/51 Stearns with Rudy Blesh, Eubie Blake, Edith Wilson, John Mehegan, Lillyn Brown, Al Minns & Leon James *Third Roundtable:* 9/51 Stearns with Richard Waterman, Dr. Willis James, Mahalia Jackson, John Lee Hooker, Tony Scott (clarinet), Dennis Strong (drums), Al Minns & Leon James ATTENDING: Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, and Aaron Copland 1952 *Fourth Roundtable:* 9/52 Stearns with Blesh, Dr. Sterling Brown, Dr. Maurice Green (sex and jazz), Robert Thompson Dixieland Band, Dr. Willis James, Dr. Irene Pierce, Dr. Edmond Souchon, Billy Taylor Trio, Rex Stewart, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry, Emily Brams (gospel), Robert Greene (ragtime), Michael B. Olatunji, Tom Glazer…Bruce Mitchell (artist) Institute of Jazz Studies launched by Marshall Stearns with George Avakian and John Hammond on 7/25 1953 *Fifth Roundtable:* 8/16 – 30th Stearns with Richard Waterman, Henry Cowell, Pete Seeger, Dr. Sterling Brown, Dr. Willis James, Jimmy Rushing, Randy Weston, Sam Gill, Willie Jones, Tom Glazer, Geoffrey Holder and Steele Drum Trio. Robert Greene and Dr. Edmund Souchon, and Minns and James. 1954 *Sixth Roundtable:* 8/15-9/5 Stearns with Roy Lamson, Wally House and Nina Dova, Dr. Willis James, Charles Seeger and Bob Hiram, McGhee, Sonny Terry and Pete Seeger, Lord Burgess, Pearl Primus, Macbeth the Great, Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle, Conrad Janis, Rudy Blesh, John “Knocky” Parker, Billy Taylor Trio, Nat Hentoff, S.I. Hayakawa, Sammy Price, Jimmy Rushing, Myra Johnson, Baby Face Lewis, Mama Yancey, Lee Wiley, Dan Burley, Ernestine Washington, Langston Hughes 1955 Music Barn opens music Barn season included: Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Jimmy Rushing with Myra Johnson, Sammy Price, McGhee & Terry, Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce, Thelonious Monk, Teddy Charles, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Max Roach & Clifford Brown, The Wayfarers, Carlos Montoya, Dave Brubeck, Lucky Thompson, Gene Krupa, Mary Lou Williams, Mahalia Jackson, Eddie Condon, Bobby Hackett, Moondog, Bob Wilber and The Six, and FIVE SATURDAY CONCERTS by Richard Dyer-Bennett *Seventh Roundtable:* 8/14 Stearns with Blesh, Henry Cowell, John Hammond, Langston Hughes, Dr.Willis James, Robert Reisner, Gunther Schuller 1956 Atlantic Records records *The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn, ATL 1247 (Nesuhi Ertegun, producer. Tom Dowd, Engineer) (Jazz Festival mania: Newport, RI, Ellenville, NY, Fairfield, CT, Lewissohn Stadium, NYC, Randall’s Island, NY and all over Europe) music Barn season included:* Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Wilbur de Paris, T&J Dorsey, Sarah Vaughan, The MJQ with Chris Connor, Errol Garner, Glenn Miller Orchestra with Ray McKinley, Chico Hamilton, Pete Seeger, Montoya, Clarence Cooper and Cynthia Gooding, Marais & Miranda, Richard Dyer-Bennett, Max Roach (concert dedicated to Clifford Brown who was killed in an auto accident two weeks earlier), Marian McPartland, Candido, Josh White. Jam Session Concert with 24 musicians on 8/26 *Roundtable: 8/12* Stearns with John S. Wilson, Nat Hentoff, Gunther Schuller, John Hammond, Alan Morrison, Bill Coss, Whitney Balliett, John Lewis, Lennie Tristano, Billy Taylor Roundtables: 8/27-8/31 IMPROVISATION: Charles Mingus, Milt Jackson, Dick Katz, Jimmy Giuffre, Pee Wee Russell, John Lewis, Sammy Price, Oscar Pettiford COMPOSTIION & INTRUMENTATION: Bill Russo, Jimmy Giuffre, Teddy Charles, Teo Macero, Quincy Jones, John Lewis, Willie ‘the Lion’ Smith, Oscar Pettiford RHYTHM: Sammy Price, Connie Kay, Percy Heath, Dick Katz, Wilbur de Paris, Ray Brown, Max Roach, Jimmy Giuffre INTRUMENTAL TRADITION & DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES: Rex Stewart, Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, Wilbur de Paris, Bill Russo, John Mehegan, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Pettiford JAZZ & ITS AUDIENCE: (Communication) Dizzy Gillespie, Willis Conover, Pete Cameron, de Paris, George Wein, Monte Kay, Bill Russo, Leonard Feather, Nesuhi Ertegun 1957 music Barn season included: Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Waters, Dave Brubeck, Tom Lehrer, Gerry Mulligan, Africa Sings, Marais and Miranda, Lionel Hampton, Calypso, Eva Jessye, Duke Ellington, Weavers, Woody Herman, Richard Dyer-Bennett, After Dinner Opera, The MJQ with Jimmy Giuffre, Mahalia Jackson, Wilbur de Paris, Oscar Peterson with Dizzy Gillespie and Max Roach, Folk Song Jamboree, The MJQ (Miles Davis cancelled) with Coleman Hawkins and Sonny Stitt, Billie Holiday, School of Jazz Benefit Concert featuring Ralph Pena, Herb Ellis, Gillespie, Roach, Jim Hall, Ray Brown, Bob Dorough and Chuck Israels School of Jazz opens 8/12 1958 music Barn season included: Barbershop Festival, Brubeck, Odetta, Ellington, Candido, Tony Scott and Langston Hughes (Jazz with Poetry), Lionel Hampton, Mary Lou Williams with Joe Turner and Pete Johnson, de Paris, Anita O’Day, Marais & Miranda, Bobby Hackett, Dakota Staton, Stan Rubin, Tom Lehrer, The MJQ, Max Roach with Harold Farberman and Boston Percussion Ensemble, Richard Dyer-Bennett, George Shearing Quintet, Four Freshmen, Oscar Peterson Trio with Jimmy Rushing, Mahalia Jackson, Chris Connor, School of Jazz Benefit Concert with Roach, Heath, George Coleman, Ray Draper, Art Davis, Bob Brookmeyer, Lee Konitz, Kenny Dorham The MJQ with Sonny Rollins Recording: *Historic Jazz Concert at Music Inn* ATL 1298 School of Jazz – Second Year 1959 music Barn season included: Wilbur de Paris, Mahalia Jackson, Odetta, Shearing, Basie with Joe Williams, Martha Schlamme, Stan Kenton, Four Freshman, Richard Dyer-Bennett, Brubeck, Sarah Vaughan, Tom Lehrer, Ahmad Jamal, Kingston Trio, Geoffrey Holder, The MJQ, Dave Lambert, John Hendricks & Annie Ross, Pete Seeger, School of Jazz Faculty (substituting for Miles Davis) featuring Giuffre, Jim Hall, Herb Pomeroy, Bill Evans and students, Giuffre with Ernestine Anderson, Ray Charles, School of Jazz Benefit Concert featuring Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Dorham, Gunther Schuller, Dukes of Dixieland, Lukas Foss Potting Shed entertainment included: Josh White, Anita Sheer, Dick Katz Qt., Larry Adler with Ellis Larkins and Leon Bibb Recording: *Music Inn Suite, subtitled Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble* under the direction of Harold Farberman, Mercury Records MG 36144 Recording: *Historic Jazz Concert, Atlantic Records ATL 1298 released 4/59. C. Kalischer* cover picture School of Jazz – Third Year 1960 music Barn season included: Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, George Shearing, Mahalia Jackson, The MJQ, J.J. Johnson, Duke Ellington, Ahmad Jamal, Richard Dyer-Bennett, The Weavers, Pete Seeger, School of Jazz Benefit Concert featuring Freddie Hubbard, Jim Hall, J.J. Johnson, George Russell, Lewis, Gunther Schuller, John Garvey and students School of Jazz (4th Year) FINAL YEAR
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