Hamilton College will celebrate Jazz Archive Day on Monday, April 28, from noon to 9 p.m. at Cafe Opus and the Jazz Archive, located in McEwen Hall. From noon on there will be multiple listening and viewing stations and displays of the photographs, books and memorabilia held by the archive. At 7:30 p.m. Monk Rowe, the Joe Williams Director of the Jazz Archive, will host a program of "Classic Clips" on a large screen in Cafe Opus. Poignant, informative and humorous stories from some of most personable and talkative interviewees will be featured as well as a segment from the film, "Joe Williams/A Portrait in Song," filmed in Wellin Hall in 1996.
The Hamilton College Jazz Archive was established in 1995 through the vision of Milt Fillius Jr.'44. The primary mission has been to gather video interviews with jazz personalities across the country. To date, more than 240 sessions have been gathered with artists from multiple generations.
They have provided Hamilton with a unique resource. Their stories and recollections paint a fascinating portrait of America from the 1920's to the present and focus on a wide variety of subject matter that should prove relevant to Hamilton students. in Wellin Hall in 1996.
