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Jazz, Politics and the Popular
2006 Leeds International Jazz Conference

Since its inception in 1994, the annual Leeds International Jazz
Conference has developed into one of the leading events of its kind in
Europe.  Next year's conference will be held on 24 - 25 March 2006 and
will feature workshops, panel discussions and presentations on the theme
of "Jazz, Politics and the Popular", a title designed to examine the
discussion of jazz and its place within discourses on popular music.  The
event will include a keynote presentation from Professor Simon Frith
(University of Edinburgh), who will discuss the complex and often
neglected relationship between jazz and popular culture.

Call for Papers

As part of our programme of events, the conference committee invites
proposals for papers, panels and roundtable discussions.  We welcome
presentations that seek to comment on advances within the field, including
commentary on the emergence of cross-disciplinary thinking and the
development of new jazz scholarship.  Proposals are invited for papers on
any area of jazz research, however, possible topics for consideration may
include:

· Jazz and popular culture 
· Jazz at the margins - the politics of popularity and the avant-garde
· Globalisation and the marketplace
· Jazz and dance: club cultures, sub-cultures
· Where is the jazz in popular music studies?
· The canonisation of jazz
· Smooth jazz
· Understanding jazz communities
· Accessibility vs. "dumbing down" in contemporary jazz performance
· Political discourses in jazz
· Jazz as cultural signifier
· Jazz in film
· Crooners
· Valuing jazz
· Jazz and the media
· The commercial potential of jazz
· The politics of fusion
· The public face of jazz
· Authenticity
· Jazz and advertising
· Jazz and post-modernity
· Jazz and black identity
· Evaluating jazz post Ken Burns
· The position of jazz within the academy
· Understanding jazz audiences

Individual presentations should be no more than twenty minutes in
duration.  Proposals should take the form of a title followed by an
abstract of not more than 200 words.  Deadline for submission is Monday 28
November 2005.  Decisions will be notified by 5 December 2005.  Abstracts
should be addressed to:

Dr Tony Whyton
Head, Centre for Jazz Studies
Leeds College of Music
3 Quarry Hill
Leeds LS2 7PD
UK

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