In 2016, Dominic Fragman developed The Spirit of Jazz & Democracy with Paul Murphy, Larry Willis, Jere Carroll, and Sybol Anderson to illuminate key lessons about preserving democracy that can be derived from experiences of jazz music. Jazz is the true American art form and the music of freedom in performance as well as concept. Improvisation, the essential element of jazz, expands freedom and improves the human condition through its reliance upon the dual liberatory powers of listening and self-expression.
Work and Education Samuel Burt is a composer in Baltimore, Maryland and professor at Goucher College and Johns Hopkins. His activities include conventional and conceptual composition, improvisation, and electronic music. M.M. Composition and M.M. Computer Music, Peabody Institute and B.Mus, University of Georgia. He studied with Lewis Nielson and Christopher Theofanidis.