Found 5 collections related to African American musicians

Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7th, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Harlem born and raised, Rollins is considered among the players to have defined the instrument through his prolific practicing, performing and recording over a career that spans sixty decades and more than eighty albums. Created and collected by Sonny Rollins, the 2475 item audio and moving collection includes interviews, profiles, live performances, practice sessions and studio recordings. The holdings are available in the Moving Image and Recorded Sound (MIRS) Division. less

Musician and teacher Samuel Carroll Buchanan (1927-2010) received his PhD from New York University in 1987 with a dissertation on Black jubilee quartets in the United States. The collection consists of fifty-six audio recordings, primarily of interviews with former jubilee quartet members conducted by Buchanan as part of his doctoral research. less

Musician, composer, conductor, organizer, and recording artist James Reese Europe (February 22, 1880 - May 9, 1919) was a pioneer of the ragtime and jazz genres, and the first African American officer to lead combat troops into battle. The collection contains four audio recordings of music relating to Europe's career as a musician, dating from circa 1919-1920. less

Eddie Barnes sang bass and played double bass for the vocal quintet the Cues during the 1950s. The collection consists of five audio recordings, four of which are commercially released records, of songs performed by Eddie Barnes as soloist, the Cues, Eddie Barnes and His Hi-Fidels, and an album by Harry Belafonte. less

Bertha Des Verney (October 5, 1890 - January 1, 1975) was a pianist, composer, music educator, singer, and playwright. The collection consists of ten audio recordings including one release by Des Verney, and commercial releases, likely from her personal collection, by artists such as Claude "Fats" Greene Orchestra, Ike and Tina Turner, and Lena Horne. less