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Content Presented at the First and Second Dayton Funk Symposia

Content Presented at the First and Second Dayton Funk Symposia

 

This collection includes content presented at the 2018 and 2021 Dayton Funk Symposia at the University of Dayton. Many records contain video recordings of the presentations.

The Dayton Funk Symposium documents the African American Funk music movement that put Dayton, Ohio, on the map in the 1970s and 1980s, leading to its identification as the World Capitol of Funk. The symposium is a project of the Graul Chair in Arts and Languages.

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  • Keynote Address: Dayton, Ohio; Toward a Funk Paradigm of Knowledge Production by Scot Brown

    Keynote Address: Dayton, Ohio; Toward a Funk Paradigm of Knowledge Production

    Scot Brown

  • Dayton Funk Music: Visually Speaking by Willis "Bing" Davis

    Dayton Funk Music: Visually Speaking

    Willis "Bing" Davis

  • "Ride On" to "Tree of Life": The History, Music and Influence of Skip “Little Axe” McDonald by Matthew Donahue

    "Ride On" to "Tree of Life": The History, Music and Influence of Skip “Little Axe” McDonald

    Matthew Donahue

  • Dayton Funk Symposium Welcome by Sharon Davis Gratto

    Dayton Funk Symposium Welcome

    Sharon Davis Gratto

    Words of welcome from Sharon Davis Gratto, professor of music and Graul Chair in Arts and Humanities.

  • The Land of Funk: Dayton’s Stone Street Mural by Morris Howard and Brittni Long

    The Land of Funk: Dayton’s Stone Street Mural

    Morris Howard and Brittni Long

    Presentation is based on the completion of “The Land of Funk” mural on Stone Street in downtown Dayton. The mural honors bands of the funk era that are from Dayton, e.g., the Ohio Players, Heatwave, Lakeside, Slave, Fazeo, Sun, and Zapp featuring Roger Troutman.

  • Detroit’s Lost Soul: Erasing the African American Voice in the Aftermath of Motown by Christian Matijas-Mecca

    Detroit’s Lost Soul: Erasing the African American Voice in the Aftermath of Motown

    Christian Matijas-Mecca

  • Funky Comedy: “That Funky Tramp in a Nite Club” (1967) and Funk’s Origins and Investments by David McCarthy

    Funky Comedy: “That Funky Tramp in a Nite Club” (1967) and Funk’s Origins and Investments

    David McCarthy

  • Closing Roundtable: Reflections on the Symposium by John McCombe

    Closing Roundtable: Reflections on the Symposium

    John McCombe

    Moderator: Dr. John McCombe, professor of English, University of Dayton; panelists: Stan "The Man" Brooks, Dr. Scot Brown, Jesse Rae, Dr. Frederick "Rickey" Vincent, David Webb, and Joseph Wooten

  • Scotland Connects with American Funk and Dayton, Ohio by Jesse Rae

    Scotland Connects with American Funk and Dayton, Ohio

    Jesse Rae

  • Black Music Matters: Jazz, Funk and the Academy by Ed Sarath

    Black Music Matters: Jazz, Funk and the Academy

    Ed Sarath

    This talk situates funk and its close relationship with jazz within the overarching context of black music in higher education.

  • Introductory Roundtable: Looking Back at Funk History in Dayton by Todd Uhlman

    Introductory Roundtable: Looking Back at Funk History in Dayton

    Todd Uhlman

    Moderator: Dr. Todd Uhlman; panelists: Ericka Blount, Keith Harrison, Clarence Willis

  • Funk Dance Party by University of Dayton

    Funk Dance Party

    University of Dayton

    Featuring the male vocal quartet Motown Sounds of Touch; the Dayton Funk All-Stars and the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company; admission is free, but tickets are required.

  • Sounds of Black America: Q&A by Matthew Valnes

    Sounds of Black America: Q&A

    Matthew Valnes

    Q&A session with presenter

  • The Sounds of Black America: Funk and Dayton, Ohio by Matthew Valnes

    The Sounds of Black America: Funk and Dayton, Ohio

    Matthew Valnes

    This essay proposes a framework called the “sounds of black America” to argue that the social and cultural interactions unique to a specific locality results in a particular approach to funk as sound organization. Drawing on George Lipsitz’s concept of the “Black Spatial Imaginary” and using the music of the Ohio Players as a case study, I demonstrate how the music programs in Dayton-area schools can help us understand the particular approach to funk that came out of Dayton in the late 1960s through the 1970s.

  • James Brown’s “Say It Loud” at 50! by Frederick “Rickey” Vincent

    James Brown’s “Say It Loud” at 50!

    Frederick “Rickey” Vincent

  • How C.C. Got Down: The Case for Go-Go and How Funk Thrived Past the 1970s in Washington, D.C. by Melissa Weber

    How C.C. Got Down: The Case for Go-Go and How Funk Thrived Past the 1970s in Washington, D.C.

    Melissa Weber

  • Dayton Funk Symposium Program by Elizabeth Weiler

    Dayton Funk Symposium Program

    Elizabeth Weiler

    Conference program

    Designer: Elizabeth Weiler

    Faculty advisor: Misty Thomas-Trout

 
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