About the Contributors

Abstract

Jim Alberts studied the double bass at the University of Michigan (BM ‘93, MM ‘95) and played the double bass professionally. He has an MFA in musicology from Brandeis University, where he also worked toward the Ph.D. In addition, he has a degree in library and information science from the University of Maryland. He undertook graduate coursework in ethnomusicology and helped develop and lead undergraduate projects on jazz research at Cornell University, where he was the assistant music librarian from 2003 to 2010. He is currently a cataloger in the Recorded Sound Section of the Library of Congress, specializing in jazz, classical, and non-Western materials.