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Bosse, Joanna
Wirkungsdaten ca. 21.Jh., is an associate professor of ethnomusicology and dance studies at Residental College in the Arts and Humanities at Michigan State University. She has conducted fieldwork in dancehalls in the Midwestern United States; studying the performance of couple dance genres like salsa; swing; tango; and ballroom. Her work on popular culture involves the relationship between music and dance as well as the dynamics of affinity groups; cross-cultural encounters; and amateur performance. Her research on whiteness; race; and performance appears in The Journal of American Folklore; Dance Research Journal; American Music; and elsewhere. Before joining MSU; Joanna taught at Bowdoin College and Millikin University. When not in her office; Joanna enjoys dancing; “musicking; ” swimming; and playing in the park with her daughter; Ellery.
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Fraser, Al
1939 - , One of the six original members of the Howard Poets. After graduating from Howard University; he earned an MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University and a PhD in Folklore from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught until his retirement at Cheney University in PA. Fraser is the author of two books on Dizzy Gillespie; a biography; Dizzy (1980); and memoirs co-edited with Gillespie entitled Swing to Bop (1979). In addition; he wrote Jazzology: A Study of the Tradition in Which Jazz Musicians Learn to Improvise (1983). He published under the names Al Fraser and Wilmot Alfred Fraser.
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Grull, Günter
1930 - , im Ruhestand historische Forschungen auf dem Gebiet des Jazz und des Swing; Rundfunkgeschichte; Schuldirektor