When: November 14 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm - Where: Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library, 269 Hillsmere Dr, Annapolis, Maryland 21403
NY jazz vocalist and recording artist Vanessa Racci is coming to Annapolis to talk about Italian contributions to American jazz over the past 100 Years. She’ll deliver one of the festival’s popular library lectures on Saturday morning of Weekend Two.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Italian and Sicilians immigrated to New Orleans in droves and the socio-political environment for them was complicated. This new immigrant group interacted closely with African Americans, facing similar discrimination. Their unique position and use of European instruments would play a role in shaping early jazz, but there is much more to the story.
