Krin Gabbard’s most recent books are Better Git It in Your Soul: An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus and Hotter Than That: A Cultural History of the Trumpet. He has written several other books, most of which focus on jazz and American Cinema. In “Playing the Clown,” Gabbard will explore the delicate, somewhat unexpected racial dynamics of Jerry Maguire in relation to the music of Charles Mingus in the film’s iconic “show me the money” scene. Dr. Gabbard taught cinema studies and comparative literature for over 30 years at SUNY in Stony Brook. He currently adjuncts at Columbia University in NYC teaching jazz studies and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Cinema Media Studies portion of Oxford Biographies.