In 1989, Carroll Dashiell joined the East Carolina University faculty as director of the jazz studies program and the ECU Jazz Ensemble. Dashiell is profiled in this Edge article.
Representing the culture of the Appalachians to the Coast, genres such as bluegrass, and musicians like Belhaven native Little Eva is African American Music Trails. Including a CD of recordings, it tells the story of African Americans’ contribution to music in North Carolina and beyond from the early 20th century to the 1970s.