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...Anthony Braxton...was a black politician, who was challenging everything, including the idea of racial construction and music as such," says Radano, explaining his interest in the jazz legend. "He is an autodidact.... But he is a product of the very rich cultural and intellectual setting of Chicago's south side. He is one of the leading thinkers and artists in the post-1960s jazz/'art music' intersection...
After obtaining his Ph.D., Radano worked at the Smithsonian Institution for three years, then went on to teach at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he is now a tenured associate professor in the Afro-American Studies and in the School of Music...
...nice life," says Radano. "There aren't many people in my field, musicology, jobs have evaporated. I feel very lucky...
...Radano says he encourages his students to focus on diverse aspects of music, much in the way he himself did. In his spare time, Radano goes to blues bars, seeing the Chicago blues bands which stop by in Madison on their way to Minneapolis...
...Blues bars are] a racially diverse place...which is unusual, [because] Wisconsin in general is historically white," Radano says...