Biography

Eddie S. Meadows is professor emeritus of ethnomusicology and jazz studies and former graduate advisor of the School of Music and Dance at San Diego State University (SDSU). He received the B.S. degree in Music from Tennessee State University, the M.S. degree in Music from the University of Illinois, and the Ph.D. in Music Education from Michigan State University. In addition, he did postdoctoral work in ethnomusicology at UCLA, specializing in African music, and studied Atenteben and Ewe drumming at the University of Ghana, Legon (West Africa). He has held visiting professorships at the University of Ghana, Michigan State University (Martin Luther King Visiting Scholar), UCLA and the University of California, Berkeley (four times). From January to June of 2007, Dr. Meadows was a visiting professor of Jazz Studies at USC, and joined the department as adjunct professor in Fall 2007.

His publications include the following books: Jazz Scholarship and Pedagogy: A Research and Information Guide (Routledge Publishers 2006), Bebop to Cool: Context, Ideology, and Musical Identity (Praeger Publishers, 2003; Named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2004), California Soul: Music of African Americans in the West (co-edited with Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje, University of California Press, 1998), Jazz Research and Performance Materials: A Select Annotated Bibliography (Garland Publishers, 1995), and Jazz Reference and Research Materials (Garland Publishers, 1981). Other publications include numerous articles, encyclopedia entries and reprints, and book/record reviews. In addition to his publications, Dr. Meadows has given papers and lectures at colleges, universities, and meetings of scholarly societies.