Fall of 2024 marks the start of my 18th year on the faculty of the Department of Mathematics at Lehman College CUNY in the Bronx. My life as a mathematician continues to be informed by my musical experiences, and my occasional performances around New York City have lately mostly been in the now classic, somewhat “underground” Jazz clubs such as Smalls, Mezzrow, Ornithology, the Django, Cellar Dog and others. An enjoyable surprise took place at the Yale Club near Grand Central Station this past summer,…
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People who only know me as a musician are sometimes surprised to find out that I am also a Mathematician. The connection between Music and Mathematics is as mysterious as it is certain, and both Jazz and Mathematics are widely misunderstood art forms. For one who shares the joy of Jazz daily it may be easy to forget that many people's perception of Jazz has been "smoothed" over by market forces or blinded by a smoky-downstairs prejudice that keeps them with the "squares", cut off…
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