Michael Conklin

I am an active jazz scholar, cultural historian, and writer who specializes in 19th and 20th century American cultural, jazz history, and literature.

I graduated from Rutgers University with a Master’s degree in Jazz History and Research and had the pleasure of studying with such luminaries as Lewis Porter and Henry Martin. My thesis, an examination of the divergent piano styles of Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk, was entitled The Poet and The Priest.

I spend the majority of my time teaching and writing; my work can be seen in publications by Oxford University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Salem Press, Scarecrow Press, University of Michigan Press, ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Press and SAGE Publications.

I can be contacted at [email protected]