2019 ‘Dialogues: Exploring the crossroads between Fado and Jazz in Portugal,’ International Symposium of the Hungarian Jazz Studies, Müpa Budapest, Budapest (Hungria), February 2019. 2013 ‘Music, Image, Politics: Jazz and Television in Portugal under Salazar dictatorship (1956-1968),’ First International Conference Jazz in Spain, Universitat de Valéncia, Valencia (Spain) November 2013. Latest update: February 23, 2021 Find me on social media Facebook Twitter Instagram
“Fieldwork Research”, BCU PgCert Research Seminars, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, November 2017. “Archive Research”, BCU PgCert Research Seminars, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, March 2017. “Jazz, Politics and Television: Jazz on Television in Portugal during the New State regime, 1956-1974”, Music and Media Research Seminars Series, University of Surrey, Guildford, February 2017. “Encountering Jazz on Television in Portugal during the New State regime, 1956- 1974”, PgCert Research Seminars, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, November 2016. “Jazz on Television in Portugal during the New State regime (1956-1974)”, INET- MD Music and Television Research Seminar, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova
2017 ‘An open window to a different world: The politics of jazz on television in Portugal (1956-1971),’ Re/Sounding Jazz: Rhythm Changes V Conference, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, September 2017. ‘”A genius, a phoney, a true giant of jazz and the Mad Monk”: The Thelonius Monk 1965 British tour revisited,’ Being Thelonious: Perspectives on Monk at 100, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, June 2017. ‘Portugal’s Jazz Landmark: Twenty-Five Years of Guimarães Jazz,’ CHIME Conference, Music, Festivals, and Heritage, Siena Jazz Archive, Siena, May 2017. 2016 ‘”The Prince of Darkness still among us”: Miles Davis on and off Stage in Portugal, 1971-1991,’ Miles
Lectures by invitation 2016 ‘O Jazz em Portugal no Século XX,’ Conservatório de Música de Coimbra, Coimbra, May 2016. ‘O Jazz e o Cinema em Portugal,’ Conservatório de Música de Coimbra, Coimbra, May 2016. 2015 ‘Jazz e Televisão em Portugal durante o regime do Estado Novo (1956-1974),’ Centro de Estudos de Jazz da Universidade de Aveiro, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, April 2015 2014 ‘Jazz in Portugal: The Music & Musicians,’ School of Arts and Creative Industries, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, November 2014. ‘Jazz and Politics in Portugal (1956-1976),’ Department of History, University of Warwick, Warwick, October 2014. ‘Jazz em Portugal
2013 ‘Sound and Vision of Jazz in Portugal: The TV Jazz Series and the “world of jazz” on the Portuguese Public Television (1963-1971),’ Research Day 2013, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, June 2013. 2011 ‘”Gosto de Jazz porque gosto da verdade”: o Clube Universitário de Jazz, a contestação e o discurso alternativo ao meio “jazzístico” em Portugal, entre 1958 e 1961,’ PERFORMA’ 11 Encontros de Investigação em Performance, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, May 2011. Latest update: February 23, 2021 Find me on social media Facebook Twitter Instagram
Jazz and Visual Style Symposium, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, July 2017. Jazz Utopia: Rhythm Changes IV Conference, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, April 2016. Performa’ 15 – Conferência Internacional em Estudos de Performance, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, June 2015. JAZZ TALKS: 1st University of Aveiro International Jazz Conference – Portugal, under the topic “Jazz Messengers: The Role of Jazz Promoters in Europe”, Universidade de Aveiro, November 2013. Performa’ 11 – Conferência Internacional em Estudos de Performance, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, May 2011. Post-ip – 1º Fórum Internacional de Pós-Graduação em Estudos de Música e Dança, Universidade de Aveiro, Dezember de 2009.
In the first Jazz Talks Dr Pedro Cravinho interviews Tony Dudley-Evans the jazz promoter about the series of posters that Bob Linney designed for the Contemporary Music Network. According to Tony the posters were an important part of establishing the identity of the Network. Just as we were preparing to carry out the interview we heard of Bob’s sad death in 2023. This set of posters is held in the National Jazz Archive, Satellite Collection at the Arts Design and Media Archives, Birmingham University. The interview is a collaboration between Dr Pedro Cravinho and Brian Homer. Find me on social
Everyday Jazz Lives: Encounters with the Birmingham Scene Since 2019, jazz researcher and ethnomusicologist Pedro Cravinho and freelance photographer Brian Homer have been investigating the jazz scene in Birmingham, UK. By interviewing and photographing jazz musicians, they have been able to provide a glimpse into these musicians’ lives both on and off stage. Beyond the visual stereotypes of jazz performance, they have revealed some of the interesting activities musicians engage in. This has involved Brian in photographing musicians in some unexpected places, including on a building site, in an operating theatre and on a post round. The photographs and interview