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Howard Spring
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Assistant Professor
Education
- 1993Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 1980M.F.A. York University, Toronto
- 1976B.F.A. York Univesrity, Toronto
Areas of Expertise/Specialization
- Ethnomusicology, Jazz studies, music of the Circum-Atlantic, improvisation, jazz and dance, music of the 20th century.
Selected Publications
- "Dance" in The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2002
- "Swing and the Lindy hop: Dance, Venue, Media, and Tradition" American Music 15 (Summer 1997)
- "The Use of Formulas in the Improvisations of Charlie Christian" Jazzforschung/Jazz Research 22 (1990)