"All Over the World": The Geography of Rock, Jazz and More

This is a paid Adult School class. Click here to register.

Over two sessions, music historian Paul Groom will chronicle the stories from key locations in popular music history and highlight the links between them, how musicians adapted to new and creative developments which then become new industry standards. The presentations combine music, maps, musicians, narratives and memories!

Paul will highlight his travels to Memphis, Tenn.: Hamburg, Germany; Hawthorne, Calif.; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Central Avenue in Los Angeles; Abbey Road in London; La Caverne de la Huchette in Paris; Clarksdale, Miss.; West 70th Street in New York; S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Il; W. Rampart Street in New Orleans; Tupelo, Miss, Grand Boulevard in Detroit; Cleveland; Liverpool, England; the 9th Ward of New Orleans, 9137 S. Figueroa in Los Angeles--and more.