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YOU ARE INVITED TO COME HEAR THE GREAT STANLEY COWELL in a rare solo appearance, kicking off the Bell Piano Series’ fifth season. Mr Cowell will be first be on campus this Friday at 12:30 pm in Room 215 (lecture hall next to the recital hall lobby) of the Ford Academic Complex, to give a talk (with recordings) about the jazz scene he’s witnessed firsthand over the last six decades. This is a man who played regularly with the likes of Max Roach, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Art Pepper, Roy Haynes, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Heath, Herbie Mann…(well, you get the picture!).

Here’s a link with complete bio of Stanley Cowell: http://www.millsaps.edu/pfrmarts/cowell.shtml

Stanley Cowell’s concert begins at 7:30 in the recital hall.
Tickets at the door are only $15 — Students (of all ages) with a student i.d. get in for $5.

[Mr. Cowell’s CDs will be on sale in the lobby at intermission and at the end of the concert. There will be a reception for Mr. Cowell in the lobby after the concert.]

DON’T MISS THE FIRST BIG JAZZ EVENT OF THE SEASON!

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.