Faculty

Travis A. Jackson, Associate Professor of Music and the Humanities, is an ethnomusicologist whose work centers on jazz, rock, and recording technology. His theoretical interests include urban geography, race/culture and identity, ethnographic method, performance and aesthetics. Jackson is the author of Blowin' the Blues Away: Performance and Meaning on the New York Jazz Scene (California, forthcoming) as well as articles on topics ranging from the intersection of jazz and poetic performance to the interpretation of meaning in rock music. His current work focuses on the affective attachment of musicians and listeners to recording labels. Ph.D., Columbia University 1998; at Chicago since 2003.

Office: Goodspeed 302
Phone: (773) 834-1933
E-mail: travieso@uchicago.edu
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