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Catherine

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Tackley

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catherine-tackley

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Professor Catherine Tackley is currently working on a book on British Dance Bands funded by a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship, having completed a six-year term as Head of Music at the University of Liverpool, UK.
She previously held posts at The Open University and Leeds Conservatoire. A jazz specialist best-known for her work on British jazz, she is the author of ‘The Evolution of Jazz in Britain: c. 1880-1935’ (Ashgate, 2005) and ‘Benny Goodman’s Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert’ (OUP, 2012) – and co-edited ‘Black British Jazz: Routes, Ownership and Performance’ (Ashgate, 2014).
In 2018, Catherine curated ‘Rhythm and Reaction: The Age of Jazz in Britain’, an acclaimed exhibition in London based on her research.
She is Vice President of the Royal Musical Association, a member of the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s College of Experts, a member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Peer Review College, a Trustee of the National Jazz Archive (UK) and Musical Director of Dr Jazz and the Cheshire Cats Big Band.

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