Guest Lecture: Robert O’Meally

Robert O’Meally, Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and Comparative Literature, has two passions: literature and jazz. His work combines the two, and his founding of the Center for Jazz Studies carries on the work of exploring the links between jazz and American culture.

“I want to show jazz artists in the best possible light,” says Herman Leonard, “to tell their truth but to tell it in terms of beauty.” Dr. O’Meally’s lecture considers Leonard