How to Listen to Jazz - Tips from a Jazz Professor

Dr. Jared Sims, Associate Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at West Virginia University, tells us what he listens for in jazz and what you can do to dive deeper into music and increase your own enjoyment of jazz music. Helpful for newbies and jazz aficionados alike.

This was a fascinating conversation and we will be posting more of it in the coming days. If you have even a passing interest in jazz, you'll want to watch the whole thing.

Follow the WVU Jazz Studies Program on Facebook: facebook.com/wvujazzstudio/ and Instagram instagram.com/wvu_jazzstudio/ - and check out their website: music.wvu.edu/jazz

Follow Jared on Instagram instagram.com/jaredsims/ and check out his latest single, Awakenings, inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement: helpgive.to/Awakenings

This interview was recorded on May 21, 2020

Thumbnail photo by Jens Thekkeveettil: jensth.com