Previous Bill Russell Lectures

Ragtime’s Roots and Revival: How a New Orleans–Based Orchestra Gave New Life to the Works of Early Ragtime Composers
Tom Sancton and Lars Edegran & the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
2011

The Musical Legacy of George Lewis
Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Barry Martyn, and Nick Gagliano
with performances by Tom Sancton, Frankie Lynne, and Barry Martyn
2010

Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans
Thomas Brothers with Clive Wilson and Butch Thompson
2009

Jazz on the Mississippi to 1945
William Howland Kenney
2008

Les Amis du Jazz: William Russell, Fred Ramsey, Hugues Panassié, Charles Delauney,and the Revival of New Orleans Jazz, 1938–1949
Bruce Boyd Raeburn with Tom McDermott and Evan Christopher
2007

The Soul of a Jazzman: Jelly Roll Morton’s Last Years
Bob Greene
2006

Celebrating a Jazz Master’s Centennial
Bruce Boyd Raeburn with William Wagner, Tom McDermott, Barry Martyn, and Don Gillespie
2005

God’s Music: Shall We Gather at the River
Jay Weigel with Phillip Manuel, Ellen Frohnmeyer, Leah Chase, Reverend Lois Dejean and her gospel choir, and chamber musicians
2004

“Old New Orleans Blues”: Bill Russell and “Fess” Manetta
Butch Thompson
2003

Jelly Roll Morton’s Piano Music: The Known and Unknown
James Dapogny
2002

Drumming New Orleans Style
Barry Martyn with Bruce Boyd Raeburn
2001

Millenial Reflections on the Impact of Jelly Roll Morton
Michael White
2000