Contact Us

The dynamic and committed staff of the Center for Jazz Studies:

Yulanda Denoon
Program Coordinator
T 212-851-1633
ym189@columbia.edu
Daniel C. Beaudoin
Program Officer
T 212-851-1630
db2469@columbia.edu
Thomas Shull
Project Editor, Jazz Studies Online
T 212-851-1633
tbs3@columbia.edu
George E. Lewis
Director
615 Dodge Hall
T 212-851-1633, 212-854-5837
gl2140@columbia.edu

Physical Location:

Prentis Hall, 4th floor
632 West 125th St.
New York, NY 10027
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jazz@columbia.edu


Mailing Address:

Center For Jazz Studies
Columbia University
602 Philosophy Hall, MC 4927
1150 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027

Jazz Studies Online

Jazz Studies Online's rich collection of digital resources–journal articles, books and book chapters, video and audio, teaching materials–is proving tremendously exciting for jazz scholars, musicians, educators, journalists, and the general public. More

Louis Armstrong Visiting Professorship

Generous support from the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation enables the Center for Jazz Studies to sponsor Armstrong Visiting Professors to teach jazz-related academic courses and curate public programs. More

The Conversations Series

With support from the Ford Foundation, this series of public discussions explores the role of improvisation in the widest array of fields and practices, showing how ideas from jazz culture resonate with the intellectual currents of our time. More

Jazz Study Group

The interdisciplinary Jazz Study Group meets regularly to explore new methods of studying the history of jazz, its social context, and its ramifications as a global cultural phenomenon that has influenced all of the arts, the humanities, and even the sciences. More

Columbia/Harlem Jazz Project

A New York State Music Fund grant enables the Columbia/Harlem Jazz Project, which presents leading artists in programs that explore and interpret jazz music through a variety of perspectives, to a community where the roots of jazz run deep. More

Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice

An international research team, more than thirty scholars from eighteen universities, as well as twelve community groups, explore seven research areas related to improvisation, defining a new interdisciplinary field. More