Bailey Hinkley Grogan is an award-winning researcher and writer. Her work has been presented at The College Music Society Conference, The Jazz Education Network Conference, The Three Minute Thesis Competition, The Association for Popular Music Education, and The Reno Jazz Festival. She received the Distinguished Achievement in Creative Activity Award in 2019 for her work on her masters project, “This Is America: Symbolism and Imagery in the Musical Work of Childish Gambino.”
A Crash Course in Jazz Vocals
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A Study of the Lives and Careers of Six Black Female Jazz Instrumentalists: Valaida Snow, Pauline Braddy, Melba Liston, Clora Bryant, Terry Pollard, and Dorothy Ashby
Published May 2023
University of Miami, 2023
CITATION (Turabian)
Grogan, Bailey Hinkley. “A Study of the Lives and Careers of Six Black Female Jazz Instrumentalists: Valaida Snow, Pauline Braddy, Melba Liston, Clora Bryant, Terry Pollard, and Dorothy Ashby.” Dissertation, 2023.
ABSTRACT
This research explores six black female jazz instrumentalists who were active between 1925 to 1960 with the objective of bringing more attention to these pioneers who broke gender barriers and contributed to the jazz idiom. To understand why these musicians are excluded in the main cannon of jazz history, I have attempted to connect commonalities in their careers. The six women artists are Valaida Snow (trumpet), Pauline Braddy (drums), Melba Liston (trombone), Clora Bryant (trumpet), Terry Pollard (piano/vibraphone), and Dorothy Ashby (harp). These women are all extremely underrepresented in literature despite their extraordinary work and talent. These six female musicians were also chosen to be discussed in this research as they all were pursuing careers during a strongly male-dominated era in jazz.
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Three Black Female Instrumentalists (20 mins)
(Valaida Snow, Pauline Braddy, and Terry Pollard)
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“Six Black Female Jazz Instrumentalists” at University of Miami’s Three Minute Thesis Competition (Feb 2023)
This Is America: Symbolism and Imagery in the Musical Work of Childish Gambino
Published May 2019
Awarded Distinguished Achievement in Creative Activity
California State University Long Beach, 2019
CITATION (Turabian)
Grogan, Bailey E. 2019. “This Is America: Symbolism and Imagery in the Musical Work of Childish Gambino.” Order No. 13861153, California State University, Long Beach, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global; Publicly Available Content Database.
ABSTRACT
Donald Glover has an impressive career that consists of musical success under the name “Childish Gambino.” Additionally, he is seasoned comedy writer for 30 Rock as well as the lead writer and creator of the prime-time Emmy Award Winning television show, Atlanta, actor on the television show, Community, and has appeared in the filmsMystery Team, The Lazarus Effect, Magic Mike XXL, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and most recently, The Lion King set to premiere in 2019. However, as an artist, Gambino has made waves in the past six months with a controversial music video that illustrates the violent past and present of African Americans in the United States. This daring, yet timely, video illustrates the modern-day travesty of police targeting African-American civilians in acts of unwarranted violence, in which Gambino delivers his message in layers of symbolism.
“This is America” uses dense imagery, violent metaphoric references, and African-American music culture in order to protest police violence and discrimination towards African Americans in the United States. In this paper, I analyze Gambino’s use of stereotypes, modern African American dance, and sound. I also discuss how Gambino chose to protest versus the way his predecessors in the African American music industry chose to do so. I believe this comparison to historical African-American artists such as Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” and Max Roach’s “We Insist! Freedom Now!” will illustrate the impact of Gambino’s graphic, yet metaphorically based approach.
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