Bill Cole lectures at the University of Connecticut

William Shadrack Cole is an American jazz musician, ethnomusicologist, professor of music, professor of African-American studies, and author. Cole was professor of music at Amherst College (1972-1974) and at Dartmouth College (1974-1990). Dartmouth awarded Cole tenure in 1979, full professorship in 1985, and an honorary degree in 1987. Cole, for three years, beginning 1981, was Chair of the Music Department. From 2005 to 2010, Cole was Professor of African American Studies at Syracuse University, where he served as Chair of the Department. Cole retired in 2010 as Professor Emeritus.

Cole has performed with Ornette Coleman, Jayne Cortez, Julius Hemphill, Sam Rivers, James Blood Ulmer, and Fred Ho.

In addition to being a jazz musician and composer, Bill Cole is an ethnomusicologist and specializes in non-Western reed instruments from China, Korea, India, Ghana, Australia, and Tibet. Cole has taught at Amherst College, Dartmouth College, and is an emeritus professor at Syracuse University. Cole is also an author, having written a book on John Coltrane and Miles Davis.

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