Found 5 collections related to African Americans -- Music

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

Emmett "Babe" Wallace (June 24, 1909-December 3, 2006) was a composer, singer, writer, and actor from Brooklyn, New York, who recorded under the name Babe Wallace. The collection contains six audio recordings of music and poetry by Babe Wallace, dating from circa 1960 to 1972. 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

Charles Dean Dixon (January 10, 1915 - November 3, 1976) was a renowned conductor of symphony orchestras in the US, as well as in Asia, Australia, and Europe. The collection consists of three films of the New York Philharmonic's Young People's Concerts featuring Dixon as host and conductor, and sixteen audio recordings reflecting his career. less