Overview
Thomas Brothers joined the faculty at Duke in 1991 after completing his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley. He has published three books on Louis Armstrong, most recently "Louis Armstrong Master of Modernism" (2014), which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography. Professor Brothers regularly teaches in African-American music and rock, as well as in the medieval and renaissance periods. His most recent book is "Help! The Beatles Duke Ellington and the Magic of Collaboration" (W.W. Norton 2018).
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Music
·
2008 - Present
Music,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Education, Training & Certifications
University of California, Berkeley ·
1991
Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley ·
1982
M.A.
University of Pennsylvania ·
1979
B.A.