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New Canaan’s John Kao Headed to American Academy in Rome for Residency [Q&A]

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Though he’s a relatively new resident of New Canaan, John Kao—a former Harvard Business School professor and current Turing Fellow at Yale’s Center for Collaborative and New Media—made himself known to locals with a presentation on jazz last month. This month, the best-selling author and Tony-nominated producer of film and stage is headed to the American Academy in Rome for a monthlong residency. We put some questions to Kao about his early impressions of New Canaan, the residency in Rome and plans for the visit. Here’s our exchange. ***
New Canaanite: Before we talk about your upcoming residency at the American Academy in Rome, please give our readers a little background on yourself.

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Podcast: John Kao To Present ‘The World According to Jazz’ on March 9

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This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to New Canaan resident John Kao, a former Harvard Business School professor and current Turing Fellow at Yale’s center for new media who also is a best-selling author and expert on jazz music. His presentation—titled “The World According to Jazz”—will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 9 at First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan. Presented by the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society and the church, it is free and open to the public. Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0: