“Full of wrong notes. Background music. Music that’s the performer and not the audience. Elitist jazz snobs. Old and dying genre. Some of these narratives about jazz contain grains of truth and can make the music feel inaccessible.”
Despite rain and wind, families bonded at Family Weekend 2024
Even with Hurricane Helene’s wrath making it’s way to Butler, students and families still had a blast with campus-wide activities. Multimedia reporter Kayla Campbell reports on the weekend.
The past, present and future of Butler’s jazz department
The jazz studies major was approaching its sixth year as an approved major when tragedy, also known as COVID-19, struck. Faced with the necessity of budget cuts, Jordan College of the Arts lost their adjunct faculty, many of which taught in the jazz department.