Jazz Articles

Shoreline Community College: Dig This

by Jack Bowers
December 1, 1998

There was a time not long ago when college–level Jazz Studies programs didn’t exist. Aspiring musicians learned by listening to the radio or phonograph records, catching personal appearances by well–known groups, or hauling their instruments to local Jazz spots for on–the–job training. The University of North Texas broke the logjam, and today schools from coast to coast have music programs with a built–in Jazz component. Many, like North Texas, are strong and well–established, while others, such as Shoreline Community College ...