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This thesis makes a three-part statement as follows:Part One: The Past. There was a vibrant presence of jazz at the Jersey Shore, specif-ically Monmouth County, from the late 1930s until 1970, when racial injustice spurred riots that all but obliterated the local music scene. The local jazz scene was greatly impacted by musicians who spent a part of their childhoods at the Jersey Shore and went on to achieve national and global recognition for their contributions to the canon. Part Two: The Present. The scene began to resurface in the area from the 1980s to the present (2021) although in primarily differently venues and with different players than before. The venues that presented jazz and the musicians who performed there were, and continue to be, in constant flux. Part Three: The future of jazz at the Jersey Shore is dependent on the existence of quality educational programs and organizations to teach students about the history and performance of jazz. These organizations exist in the Monmouth County region of the Jersey Shore and play a vital role in ensuring that there is a jazz community for both musicians and jazz aficionados to participate in.This thesis aims to explore the history of jazz at the Jersey Shore (Monmouth County), dating as back as far as the 1930s up to the current date. It will identify and explore some of the musicians that were born there and later attained world-wide recognition. It will also identify and examine some of the well-known musicians that performed in the region as well as some of the venues that hosted these perfor-mances. In addition, it will chronicle some of the musicians and venues related to jazz after the scene began to resurface and rebuild in the post-riot era (late ‘70s to the present day). Finally, it will explore some of the educational organizations that provide opportunities related to jazz that are available to the youth in the Jersey Shore/Monmouth County region. |
