[Wendell Logan (Photo in The New York Times, Courtesy of Oberlin College]
We received word of the passing of Wendell Logan from Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, Professor of Music at Lawrence University Conservatory in Appleton, Wisconsin as well as principal advisor to AfriClassical.com and its companion blog AfriClassical:
“You will very soon be receiving news, probably from many sources, that Oberlin professor Wendell Logan has died. I had the challenge of finishing a semester with a weekend’s notice of Wendell’s Black music class a few years ago when he had emergency surgery. That gave me the opportunity to see not only the deep respect his highly motivated students had for him, but a very real and deep devotion for him as a man. I am to prepare a revision of my article on him for the second edition of The new Grove dictionary of American music but I have to hold off on this for a bit and let the news sink in. Yes, he headed the jazz program at Oberlin, but he was a far more significant composer than most of us realize.”
Dominique
Wendell LoganBlack Music Class
Finished Semester
Emergency Surgery
Headed Jazz Program
Far More Significant Composer Than Most Of Us Realize
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Dominique De Lerma's summation of Wendell Logan is hauntingly true: Wendell was grossly underrated as a man and as a musician. His Spirit has enriched us far beyond measure... Regina Harris Baiocchi
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