Tony is听currently working as the Project Leader for the Cultural Heritage and Improvised Music in European Festivals project (Chime Project).
In addition to working on books and articles on jazz history and culture, he听continues to co-edit the 听and the Routledge 鈥楾ransnational Studies in Jazz鈥� monograph series.
Tony鈥檚 research works across the boundaries of musicology, media and cultural studies and promotes research as both an enterprise and Knowledge Exchange activity.听He has been a champion of jazz studies research worldwide, developing a number of international conferences, publications and collaborative research projects.
Current projects
Tony is currently Project Leader for CHIME (Cultural Heritage ad Improvised Music in European Festivals). CHIME explores the uses and re-uses of different types of heritage through the study听of jazz and听improvised music festivals, and examines how changing relationships between music, festivals and cultural heritage sites renegotiate established understandings and uses of heritage.
Units of assessment
- 35 (Music, Drama, Dane听and Performing Arts)
- 36 (Communication, Cultural and Media Studies)
Activities/conference participation
March 2016 Researcher in Residence, Festa do Jazz (Lisbon)
January 2016 Presentation at the 鈥楬idden Musicians Revisited鈥� Conference, Milton Keynes
November 2015 Professor in Residence, EFG London Jazz Festival
February 2015 'Talk to the Animals: a jazz riff on Zoomusicology', invited presentation, Sonic Fusion Festival, Salford Media City UK
January 2015 'Jazz Cosmopolitanism from East to West' [Keynote], Jazz Cosmopolitanism from East to West symposium, Ningbo University China
December 2014 鈥楰eeping Standards? The Changing Rhythms of Jazz鈥�, invited presentation, Penang Island Jazz Festival Island Forum, Malaysia
November 2014 Moving to Higher Ground: The Changing Discourse of European Jazz, 1960-1980', [Keynote], Growing Up: Jazz in Europa 1960-1980, University of Lucerne
October 2014 鈥楥old Commodities: Discourses of Decay and Purity in a Globalised Jazz World鈥�, Inverting Globalisation Conference, University of Amsterdam
September 2014 鈥極n Jazz and Cultural Diplomacy: A Conversation with Darius Brubeck鈥�, Jazz Beyond Borders Conference, Conservatorium van Amsterdam
May 2014 鈥楽tellar Regions: towards new jazz conceptions鈥� [Keynote], New Jazz Conceptions Colloquium, University of Warwick
May 2014 'Re-reading jazz: blurring the boundary between fiction and non-fiction', invited presentation and plenary speaker, Jazz in Word: European (Non)Fiction, University of Vienna
March 2014 鈥楯azz, Myths and Marketing鈥� invited presentation, Newland Lecture Series, University of Hull
Grants and funding
2015-2018 JPI Cultural Heritage Programme, Cultural Heritage and Improvised Music in European Festivals (PI)
2015-2016 AHRC/HERA Cultural Encounters programme, Knowledge Exchange support project (PI)
2009-2013 HERA JRP, Rhythm Changes: Jazz Cultures and European Identities (PI)
2013 HERA KE Fund 鈥� The Time and The Place: Culture and identity in Today鈥檚 Europe (PI)
2006鈥�2009 ESRC - Investigating Musical Performance (Co-I)
2006 鈥� 2007 -JISC 鈥� Jazz Hub (PI)
2005- 2007 鈥� PRSF - CUK Big Band/Creative Exchange (PI)
Tony currently supervises students who explore different approaches to jazz studies, including critical approaches to improvisation and composition, the changing representation of musicians and scenes, and jazz festivals and cultural heritage sites.
Books
- Whyton, T., Gebhardt, N. & Rustin, N. (eds.), The Routledge Companion to New Jazz Studies [in negotiation]
- Gebhardt, N. & Whyton, T. (eds.), The Cultural Politics of Jazz Collectives: This Is Our Music!听(New York: Routledge, 2015)
- Whyton, T., Beyond A Love Supreme: John Coltrane and the Legacy of an Album (New York: 听Oxford University Press, 2013)
- 听Whyton, T. (ed.), Jazz [Library of Essays on Popular听Music] (Farnham: Ashgate, 2011) 544pp 听听
- Whyton, T., Jazz Icons: Heroes, Myths and the Jazz Tradition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010) [paperback published 2013]
听Chapters in books
- Whyton, T., 'Seeking Resolution: John Coltrane and the audio visual' in Heile, B. et al (eds), Watching Jazz (New York: Oxford University Press, in press)
- Whyton, T., 鈥楤rilliant Corners: The Development of Jazz in Higher Education鈥� in Papageorgi, I and Welch, G (eds.), Advanced Musical Performance: Investigations in Higher Education Learning [SEMPRE Studies in the Psychology of Music] (Farnham: Ashgate, 2015), 21-31
- Whyton, T., 鈥楥rosscurrents: the cultural dynamics of jazz鈥�, in Knauer, W. (ed.), Darmst盲dter Jazz Forum (Darmstadt: JazzInstitut Darmstadt, 2014), 165-174
- Whyton, T., 鈥�Song of Praise: Musicians, Myths and the 鈥淐ult鈥� of John Coltrane鈥� in Duffett, M (ed.), Popular Music Fandom: Identities, Roles and Practices (New York: Routledge, 2014), 97-114
- Whyton, T., 鈥楨urope and the New Jazz Studies鈥� in Cerchiari, L., Cugny, L., and Kerschbaumer, F., (eds.), Eurojazzland (Northeastern University Press, 2012), 366-380.
- Whyton, T [trans. V. Cotro], 'Four for Trane: le jazz et la voix d茅sincarn茅e', in: Cotro, V (ed.), John Coltrane: L鈥檕euvre et son empreinte听 (Outre Mesure: Paris, 2011) 149-164
- Whyton, T., 鈥楾he Changing Discourse of Jazz as Popular Music鈥� in Whyton, T. (ed.), Library of Essays on Popular Music: Jazz (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2011), xi-xxiii
- Whyton, T., 鈥楩our for Trane: Jazz and the Disembodied Voice鈥� in Whyton, T. (ed.), Library of Essays on Popular Music: Jazz (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2011)
- Whyton, T., 鈥楢cting on Impulse! Recordings and the Reification of Jazz鈥檌nDogantan-Dack, M. (ed.), 听Recorded Music: Philosophical and Critical Reflections (Middlesex University Press, November 2008), 155-171
Articles in refereed journals
Single-authored
- Whyton, T., 鈥楯azz Research in Britain鈥� Jazzforschung/Jazz Research 42, (November 2010), pp.131-146.
- Whyton, T., 鈥楩our for Trane: Jazz and the Disembodied Voice鈥�, Jazz Perspectives(October 2007) - Vol.1 No 2, pp.115-132. ISSN: 1749-4060.
- Whyton, T., 鈥楤irth of the School: discursive methodologies in jazz education鈥�, Music Education Research (March 2006) - Vol.8 No.1, pp.65-81. ISSN: 1461-3808.
- Whyton, T., 鈥楾elling Tales: witnessing and the jazz anecdote鈥�, the source: challenging jazz criticism (vol. 1, pp.115-131) and Jazz Research Journal [Online], Volume 1 Number 1 (Equinox Publishing, 1 March 2004) ISSN: 1753-8637.
Collaborative
- Bruckner-Haring and Whyton, T. (eds.), Rhythm Changes: Historical Overviews of Partner Countries (Graz: Institute for Jazz Research, 2013)
- Bruckner-Haring and Whyton, T. (eds.), Rhythm Changes: Statistical Overviews of Partner Countries (Graz: Institute for Jazz Research, 2013)
- Goh, F with Whyton, T., 鈥樷�� (2011)
Editorial positions
- Co-editor, Jazz Research Journal (Equinox)
- Co-editor, Transnational Studies in jazz Series (Routledge)
Recent media appearances
Appearance on AHRC film 鈥� .
Appearance on听films for the HERA programme.
Tony continues to promote research as both an enterprise and Knowledge Exchange activity and has worked closely with a range of international networks and festivals, including the Europe Jazz Network. He is the 2015 Professor in Residence at the EFG London Jazz Festival.
