Last Saturday, Brunswick residents, faculty and students gathered at Studzinski Recital Hall for the College’s two-piano jazz duo concert. The performance featured Scott Martin, Bowdoin’s new jazz and pop piano instructor, and Tom Porter, a writer and multimedia producer from …
Editor’s Note 10/20/23 at 5:13 p.m.: This article has been edited to correct a misconstruction of a quote. An earlier version incorrectly paraphrased that Professor McMullen believed jazz in Oakland to be more ‘authentic.’ The article now reflects an accurate …
Professor of Music Tracy McMullen’s journey into jazz was neither direct nor without resistance. Raised in Fairbanks, Alaska, McMullen’s introduction to jazz came from a high school stage band visiting her elementary school.
If you were to poll members of Bowdoin’s music community on who among their peers they want to play with most, one name would appear with greater frequency than the rest: Danny Little ’22. The second-semester senior started his musical …