Jack Wilkins, one of the world's premier jazz guitarists and music educators, will perform at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday (Oct. 3) in The Roost, Slayter Hall (200 Ridge Road), at Denison University. The free and open to the public concert is part of a three-day event sponsored by the Creative Writing Program's Harriet Ewens Beck Fund Visiting Writers Series. During his visit Wilkins also will teach classes for Denison students.

Wilkins teaches at New York University's New School and at the Manhattan School of Music. The recipient of an National Endowment for the Arts grant, he has played and recorded with Mel Torme, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughan, Tony Bennett, Manhattan Transfer, the Brecker Brothers and many more. His latest CDs include "Reunion" and "The Benedetto Players in Concert."

In a separate event, Wilkins also will perform at Denison's 11th Annual Jazz Guitar Festival on at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 6) and 4 p.m. on Sunday (Oct. 7) in Burke Recital Hall.

The Beck Series was endowed in memory of Harriet Ewens Beck to bring outstanding writers to the Denison campus. The series has hosted such writers as Eudora Welty, Alice Walker, Tom Stoppard and W.S. Merwin. Under the sponsorship fund each year 10 to 12 writers read from their works or perform and participate in master classes.

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CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville -- Denison Beck Lecture Series presents concert by premier jazz guitarist Jack Wilkins; 12:30 p.m., Wednesday (Oct. 3), The Roost, Slayter Hall (200 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. To confirm, call (740) 587-6616.

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