The Lenox School of Jazz was a summer programme of jazz education from 1957-1960, at the

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in Lenox, Massachusetts. Faculty included Dizzy Gillespie,

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, Jim Hall, Ralph Peña,

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, Willis James. Students included Ornette Coleman, Dizzy Sal,

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, David Baker,

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, Lucille Butterman, Terry Hawkeye, Verne Elkins,

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, and Esther Siegel.

Scholarships

A number of scholarships were available. In 1959 the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company awarded the Shafer Scholarships to John Keyser, Paul Cohen, Steve Kuhn, Dave Mackay, Ian Underwood, Tony Greenwald and Herb Gardner. R.J. Schaefer III presented the scholarships.

Discography

* ''The Lenox Jazz School Concert - August 29, 1959'' with Ornette Coleman,

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, Kenny Dorham,

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, Steve Kuhn,

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Bibliography

* Jeremy Yudkin: ''The Lenox School of Jazz - A Vital Chapter in the History of American Music and Race Relations.'' . Dizzy Gillespie with Al Fraser: “To Be or Not To Bop”- ‘School for Jazz.’

References

External links

Music Inn Archives

Lenox History

Lenox School of Music

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