The lecture title is an aping to Cosmologist Stephen Hawking’s book on the universe.  It aspires, albeit tongue and cheek, to express the epic nature that jazz aficionados feel toward the art form.  Furthermore, the term “time” has two meanings in jazz vernacular:  (1) It is a reference to the passing of historical time and (2) to the feel of the music, which musicians call time-feel.  This lecture will trace the development of jazz from its early roots to current day with short musical examples. 

Andrew Bishop is a versatile multi-instrumentalist, composer, improviser, educator, and scholar comfortable in many musical idioms. who maintains an international career.

Please check the OLLI web site for additional lectures in the series "American Music: How Did We Get Here?" Thursdays, October 30 - December 11.