Jerry Zolten...
...is an educator, author, musician, CD & radio producer, and speaker in the realm of American Roots Music and Popular Culture.
An
Associate Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences and American
Studies at Penn State Altoona, he teaches a variety of courses...
Read about his research and creative work at Penn State Research
COURSES:
Communication Arts & Sciences 100: Communicating in Public
American Studies 105: The Cultural Roots of Rock 'n' Roll
Integrative Arts 100W: Stand-Up Comedy and Social Change
Communication 497G: TV and 1950s Culture
Jerry Zolten is the author of Great
God A'Mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds: Celebrating the Rise of Soul Gospel
Music
[Oxford University Press, 2003]
Great God A'Mighty!
tells the story of the renowned
Dixie
Hummingbirds and their rise from the Jim Crow South of the 1930s
to top Grammy-winning gospel group and collaborators with Paul
Simon on the 1973 pop hit, "Loves Me (Like a Rock)."
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Read more about the book at Oxford University Press
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Purchase Great God A'Mighty! at Amazon.com
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Read an interview with Jerry Zolten at jerryjazzmusician.com
He is the producer of CDs by the Fairfield Four and their bass singer Isaac Freeman:
| The Fairfield Four
Wreckin' the House: The Fairfield Four |
Isaac Freeman
Beautiful Stars: Isaac Freeman and the Bluebloods |
He is the creator/host of public radio programming:
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In the Spirit A history of African American gospel music featuring interviews with Horace Boyer, Isaac Freeman of the Fairfield Four, Ira Tucker and Howard Carroll of the Dixie Hummingbirds.
On tour with the Fairfield Four and the Dixie Hummingbirds/Rochester,New York, 1991 From left to right: Rev. Willie Richardson, James Walker, Paul Owens, Ira Tucker, Howard Carroll, Jerry Zolten, Wilson Waters, Isaac Freeman, Robert Hamlett, James S. Hill |
Chimpin' the Blues A history of early blues on phonograph records co-hosted with fellow record collector and cartoonist Robert Crumb. |
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