Rhythm Changes headlines Leeds International Jazz Conference
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Tony Whyton, Project Leader for the Rhythm Changes project, will deliver a keynote presentation at the 2011 Leeds International Jazz Conference. The conference will explore the theme 'Time Captured - Jazz Composition, Composing and Composers' and Tony’s keynote will be entitled, ‘Jazz, Composition and Critical Discourse’. The presentation will feed off research questions addressed by the Rhythm Changes project, from exploring tensions between high and low culture to examining the shifting status of jazz as a canonical artform, from offering alternatives to dominant traditions to considering the role of collectives in jazz as a transnational European practice.