Jazz Backstory
The podcast series Jazz Backstory gives listeners an inside look at the world of jazz with Monk Rowe, the Joe Williams Director of the Fillius Jazz Archive and Lecturer in Music Performance. The archive is based at Hamilton College and contains over 300 fully transcribed interviews with a variety of artists, active as far back as the 1930s. The podcast series focuses on different “backstory” interviews with several different artists addressing the same topic each episode. Rowe was supported by members of Digital Scholarship Collaborative (DiSC) and Research & Instructional Design (R&ID) teams.| Project Title | Jazz Backstory |
| Description | The podcast series Jazz Backstory gives listeners an inside look at the world of jazz with Monk Rowe, the Joe Williams Director of the Fillius Jazz Archive and Lecturer in Music Performance. The archive is based at Hamilton College and contains over 300 fully transcribed interviews with a variety of artists, active as far back as the 1930s. The podcast series focuses on different “backstory” interviews with several different artists addressing the same topic each episode. Rowe was supported by members of Digital Scholarship Collaborative (DiSC) and Research & Instructional Design (R&ID) teams. |
| Deliverables | Podcast |
| Date | 2020 - Present |
| Project Lead | Monk Rowe, Joe Williams Director of the Jazz Archive & Lecturer in Music Performance |
| Collaborators |
Lisa McFall, Associate Director, Digital Initiatives and Technology |
| Students | Jason Lever '23 |
| Departments and Offices | Jazz Archive Library & Information Technology Services |
