Benjamin Barson
@benjaminbarson.bsky.social
Historian, baritone saxophonist, (ethno-)musicologist working at the intersection of jazz, community organizing, and an ecological society.
I just learned that the @maahstonebookaward.bsky.social shortlisted "Brassroots Democracy" for the Stone Book Award, in the company of so many brilliant and vital books. Winners will be announced in October. So grateful to the committee for reading this love letter to jazz and its social vision.
August 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I just learned that the @maahstonebookaward.bsky.social shortlisted "Brassroots Democracy" for the Stone Book Award, in the company of so many brilliant and vital books. Winners will be announced in October. So grateful to the committee for reading this love letter to jazz and its social vision.
Just in! -- review of Brassroots Democracy in the Journal of Jazz Studies by E Frickey. "This sprawling and pioneering text is perhaps only the beginning of not just a new outlook on jazz scholarship but an invigorated musicology that engages with its site of research literally from the ground up."
January 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Just in! -- review of Brassroots Democracy in the Journal of Jazz Studies by E Frickey. "This sprawling and pioneering text is perhaps only the beginning of not just a new outlook on jazz scholarship but an invigorated musicology that engages with its site of research literally from the ground up."