Jerry Zolten
Jerry Zolten | |
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Alma mater | Penn State |
Occupation(s) | Author, Music Producer, Educator |
Years active | 1960s - present |
Notable work | Great God A'Mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds. Celebrating the Rise of Soul Gospel Music (Oxford University Press)
Bruce Springsteen, Cultural Studies, and the Runaway American Dream [Co-Editor] (Ashgate) Wreckin' the House The Fairfield Four (Dead Reckoning Records) Beautiful Stars Isaac Freeman (Lost Highway Records) Chimpin' the Blues with Robert Crumb and Jerry Zolten (East River Records). |
Style | American Roots Music |
Awards | Kjell Meling Award for Distinction in the Arts and Humanities |
Website | jerryzolten |
Jerry Zolten is an American writer, advocator for, and producer of
Undergraduate Years
As an undergraduate at Penn State, Zolten was president of the Penn State Folklore Society. He performed in numerous musical groups, most notably a
Music Production
Zolten was instrumental in resurrecting the career of the Grammy-winning
Awards
Best Research Recorded Blues and Gospel Music Award, 2004, ARSC (Association for Recorded Sound Collections), Great God a’Mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds: Celebrating the Rise of Soul Gospel Music by Jerry Zolten (Oxford University Press)
Recipient of the Kjell Meling Award for Distinction in the Arts and Humanities, 2010.[2]
Recipient of a 2018 PRNDI Award as co-producer, writer, and narrator of the public radio program Time To Lay It Down: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War. |url=//http://atimetoheal.wpsu.org/soundtrack/
Recipient of the 2021 Lion's Paw Medal, an annual award from Penn State University recognizing notable service to the University and its students. |url=//https://altoona.psu.edu/story/36986/2021/03/10/penn-state-altoona-professor-receives-lions-paw-medal/
Publications
- Speaking to an Audience : a practical method of preparing and performing(with Gerald M.Phillips). OCLC 10996060
- "The Media-Driven Evolution of the African American Hard Gospel Style as a Rhetorical Response to Hard Times" The Howard Journal of Communications Volume 7, Number 3, 1996
- "Jumpstartin' the Blues: Piedmont Bluesman Archie Edwards" Living Blues April 1996
- "In Memoriam: Samuel Bayard" Sing Out! May 1997
- "A Rough Rugged Road: From Georgia to Chicago to Hollywood with Bumble Bee Slim" Living Blues September 1997.
- "Terry Evans...I Write About People Coming Together" Living Blues Nov-Dec 1999.
- with Robert Duran, "The effect of reticence on college students' use of electronic mail to communicate with faculty," Communication Education, Volume 50, Issue 2, 1997 OCLC 630732322
- " 'I Ain't Lyin'! The Unexpurgated Truth about Rudy Ray Moore" Living Blues May–June 2001.
- Great God A'Mighty!:The Dixie Hummingbirds - Celebrating the Rise of Soul Gospel Music Oxford University Press, 2003
- "The Beatles as Recording Artists," The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles Cambridge University Press, 2009 ISBN 978-0-521-86965-2
- Contributor, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GR3035.aspx
- "A Tale of Two Technologies...And the Buffalo Ragged Five, Pioneering Country Music Recording Artists," (Commissioned by the Country Music Hall of Fame) The Old-Time Herald 2007.
- “Music of the Soul,” in The Gospel at Colonus, Edinburgh International Festival Program, 2010.
- “Making a Joyful Noise: Music Traditions in Huntingdon County’s African American Community (Commissioned by the Huntingdon County Arts Council), From These Hills and Valleys, 2010
- with Mark Bernhard and Ken Womack "Glory Days : a Bruce Springsteen Celebration" Interdisciplinary literary studies Volume 9, Number 1, 2007. OCLC 436997429
- with Ken Womack and Mark Bernhard, Bruce Springsteen, Cultural Studies, and the Runaway American Dream Ashgate, (2012) ISBN 9781409404972
In the News
- Review...New York Times [5]
- Jerry Jazz Musician [6]
- Rock's Back Pages...[7]
- The Horace Digby Report [8]
- Research/Penn State [9]
- Entry on Penn State experts database
- Santoro, Gene, Highway 61 Revisited/The Tangled Roots of American Jazz, Blues, Rock & Country Music [10]
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette [11]
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette [12]
- Radio Program Downloads...WRTA [13]
- Salt Lake City Deseret News [14]
- Penn State Live [15]
- Altoona Mirror [16]
- Town and Gown [17]
- Take Note Penn State Public Broadcasting [18] With Fairfield Four bass singer Isaac Freeman.
- Race Matters - Race and Humor Penn State Public Broadcasting [19] With comedian Carlos Mencia.
- Washington Post Book Review [20]
- Hazleton Times Leader [21]
- Altoona Mirror [22]
- Altoona Mirror [23]
- Centre Daily Times [24]
- Atlantic City Press [25]
- Wall Street Journal [26]
References
- The Daily Collegian.
- ^ Benson, Thomas W. (5 April 2010). "Jerry Zolten, Penn State Altoona, wins Meling Award". Penn State Altoona NOW. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- New York Times.