All Access - The Art of Jazz

In honor of Jazz Appreciation Month, MONA celebrates with a presentation by Humanities Nebraska speaker, Randall Snyder. Snyder is an accomplished composer, jazz musician, and collegiate professor. During his program, And All That Jazz, Snyder takes the audience on a musical journey through the development of American jazz from the late nineteenth century to the present with special emphasis on its African American origins and the stylistic idioms of individual performers. Incorporated into his program are images, historic recordings, and live demonstrations. Also on view, MONA’s ARTreach exhibition On the Beat: John Philip Falter’s Jazz from Life featuring portraits of American jazz musicians.