'Jazzy' talk kicks off 2003 Neilly Series

n astute writer known for his command of world music, John Storm Roberts will describe and connect the Latin "tinge" in American ragtime and jazz when he speaks at 5 p.m. Thursday, January 30, as the first 2003 Neilly Series lecturer.

Roberts will play recorded musical accompaniment to develop his topic, "Gestating Jazz: The Mexican Tour of 1885," in the Welles-Brown Room of Rush Rhees Library.

Since the late 1940s, Roberts has listened to music that originated far from popular Western tastes and interests of the time. He began writing about music in 1964 and has documented and promoted music from countries worldwide through recordings and on the printed page. Roberts's research and writings are applauded for giving music a sociocultural context.

The presentation, free and open to the public, is another in the continuing Neilly Series that features prominent guest speakers in the arts and sciences sponsored by the Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Endowed Fund of the River Campus Libraries. For more information, call x5-4461.

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