• Wilton Reads — Gil Harel Reprise: Charles Ives and the American Music Identity (Zoom)

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    Please join Wilton Library for an encore broadcast of Dr. Gil Harel's presentation on Danbury-born composer Charles Ives. He will discuss Ives as a founder of a distinctly American music idiom. We will follow his presentation with a live Q&A with Harel. Charles Ives may very well be considered one of the most important American […]

  • 1959 in Jazz History with Gil Harel: Davis’ Kind of Blue

    Wilton Library 137 Old Ridgefield Rd., Wilton, CT

    Join Wilton Library for the first program of a new four-part series with Dr. Gil Harel on the seminal jazz albums of 1959. The series will run as follows: 3/20/24: Miles Davis' Kind of Blue 4/10/24: Dave Brubeck's Time Out 5/22/24: John Coltrane's Giant Steps 6/19/24: Jazz Post-1959 Diverging Paths The year 1959 might be […]

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  • 1959 in Jazz History with Gil Harel: Brubeck’s Time Out

    Wilton Library 137 Old Ridgefield Rd., Wilton, CT

    Join Wilton Library for the second program of their new four-part series with Dr. Gil Harel on 1959's seminal jazz albums. The series runs as follows: • March 20: Miles Davis' Kind of Blue • April 10: Dave Brubeck's Time Out • May 22: John Coltrane's Giant Steps • June 19: Post-1959 Impact and Aftermath […]

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  • 1959 in Jazz History with Gil Harel: Coltrane’s Giant Steps

    Wilton Library 137 Old Ridgefield Rd., Wilton, CT

    Join Wilton Library for the third program of their new four-part series with Dr. Gil Harel on the seminal jazz albums of 1959.The series will run as follows: 3/20/24: Miles […]

  • Jazz Post-1959: Diverging Paths

    Wilton Library Brubeck Room 137 Old Ridgefield Rd, Wilton, United States

    Join Wilton Library for the final program of their new four-part series with Dr. Gil Harel on the seminal jazz albums of 1959. The series will run as follows: 3/20/24: Miles Davis’ […]

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