All that jazz
When Tom Everett arrived at Harvard in 1971, he was wide-eyed to find that the University lacked a connection to one of America’s greatest art forms. “I was so surprised that there was no jazz activity at Harvard,” Everett said during an interview in his basement office, surrounded by music scores and hulking marching band instruments. For Everett, jazz, with its rich musical traditions, was too important for Harvard to ignore. As the new director of the Harvard University Band, he made it his mission to fill that musical hole with expressive sound, and more. For the past four decades, Everett, Harvard’s Office for the Arts (OFA), and the Harvard Music Department have made jazz an important part of University life. To honor that legacy, OFA and the Music Department are sponsoring “40 Years of Jazz at Harvard: A Celebration” today (April 7) through April 10. The event will include a discussion, an...