The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University invited me to present my research paper entitled, “Loudness as Methodology for Personhood in Music: Ring Shouts of Protestantism, Comportment, and Foresight” for the “Ring Shout: Practice, Resilience, and Transmission in Place” symposium.
Included here are the video links to my presentation and its musical examples:
Black and Tan (1929):
“Black and Tan Fantasy” Live (1945-1955):
“Black and Tan Fantasy” Norway 1971:
Kenny Garrett’s “The Ring” (2008):
Aretha Franklin’s Performance at The White House (2015):