This year’s event, titled “Sheets of Sound: Jazz, Improvisation, and Liner Notes,” draws inspiration from jazz critic and historian Ira Gitler’s description of legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane’s 1958 recording Soultrane. Gitler famously coined the phrase, “sheets of sound” to describe Coltrane’s playing. The event also takes its cues from Daphne Brooks’ recent work, Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound, highlighting the overlooked contributions of Black women in the history of popular music. Dr. Brooks, one of the colloquium’s keynote speakers, will present a compelling new work on Friday from 2:30–3:45 PM, titled “Liner Notes for the Hurricane: Crate Digging for Porgy and Bess.” The other keynote speaker, Ashley Kahn, a prolific American music historian, will deliver a presentation on Thursday from 3:45–4:45 PM, titled “Liner Noting in the Time of Streaming.”