Pamela York

Author Chris Becker will present a lecture titled "A Brief HERstory of Jazz" at The Jung Center of Houston. The lecture is based on his book Freedom of Expression: Interviews With Women in Jazz and will include LIVE musical accompaniment by Houston musicians pianist Pamela York and saxophonist Alisha Pattillo. To tell this story, Chris will focus on the lives and music of three groundbreaking musicians: pianist, singer and bandleader Lillian Hardin, who brought Louis Armstrong into the national spotlight, pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams, and harpist and keyboardist Alice Coltrane. 

This event is part of the Harmony in the Air program!

This event is part of the Harmony in the Air program!