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    Introduction to 'The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith' 2024 Library of Congress jazz scholar Sam Stephenson speaks about his involvement in the study of photographer W. Eugene Smith, which resulted in a book and a film called "The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith." His talk preceded a screening of the film, which was produced in part by Dan Logan and the Revada Foundation. The Revada Foundation has underwritten most jazz…
    • Contributor: Stephenson, Sam
    • Date: 2024-03-06
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    Conversation with Arturo O'Farrill Arturo O'Farrill, multi-Grammy award winner, pianist, composer, bandleader, and founder and artistic director of the Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance, sits down with Claudia Morales. O'Farrill's mastery of composition and performance has garnered him recognition on the global stage, solidifying his place as a trailblazer in the world of jazz.
    • Contributor: O'Farrill, Arturo
    • Date: 2024-03-01
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    Rhapsody in Blue at 100 George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" turned 100 on Feb. 12, 2024. First performed in New York, it has become a motif of the nation's creative spirit. The Library of Congress, home to George and Ira Gershwin's papers, presents this short tribute video from performers around the country, from dancers and pianists, from a high school orchestra and a pro football player, from New York…
    • Date: 2024-02-12
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    Anna Sokolow and the Reimagined Roots of Anti-fascist Dance Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble's artistic director Samantha Géracht introduced the story of restoring early activist dances of American choreographer Anna Sokolow in a program of performances, panel discussion and movement as demonstration. After the Library of Congress announced the extraordinary discovery of handwritten scores composed by Alex North for two of Sokolow's dances, Géracht reimagined the dances using archival evidence and the music. "Ballad in…
    • Contributor: Géracht, Samantha
    • Date: 2024-01-26
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    Conversation with Lakecia Benjamin Lakecia Benjamin, 2023 Jazz Scholar Fellow and mini-residency performer at the Library of Congress, discusses her music and career. Her talent has been recognized by the Downbeat Critics Poll, which voted her as "Rising Star Alto Saxophonist" in 2020, and the Jazz Journalists Association, which named her the "Up and Coming Artist of the Year." Her recent work include a tribute to Alice and…
    • Contributor: Benjamin, Lakecia
    • Date: 2023-11-01
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    Celebrating Hazel Scott: Pianist, Singer, Actress and Activist This special evening saluted a groundbreaking Black artist whose legacy continues to resonate today. Brilliant, glamorous and fluent in seven languages, Hazel Scott was a prodigiously talented jazz and classical pianist, a true media star who enjoyed fame on the concert stage, in film and in television in the 1940s and '50s. Defying segregation and breaking racial barriers as a performer, she would become…
    • Contributor: McKinney, Janet - Powell III, Adam Clayton - Johnson, Virginia - Chilton, Karen - Rea-Fisher, Tiffany
    • Date: 2023-06-01
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    Mingus @ 100: Mingus Dynasty Quintet The Library of Congress joined forces with D.C. JazzFest to celebrate the 100th birth year and the legacy and contributions of the virtuoso bassist, bandleader and prolific composer Charles Mingus. The Mingus Dynasty Quintet paid tribute to the icon, one of the most significant jazz composers of the twentieth century. The celebration also featured an exhibition of selections from the Charles Mingus Collection at…
    • Contributor: McKee, Andy - Sung, Helen - Greenblatt, Tatum - Sevian, Lauren - Edwards, Donald
    • Date: 2023-04-23
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    Harlem Quartet Educational Video #4: Jazz Music by a String Quartet Violinist Ilmar Gavilán of the H Qu discusses j repertoire arranged for string qus and demonstrates Billy Strayhorn's Take the A Train.
    • Contributor: Gavilán, Ilmar
    • Date: 2023-04-21
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    Steve Swayne: Three Objects, Three Composers Steve Swayne, the 2022 John W. Kluge Chair in Modern Culture, considers three objects from three composers and how they have directed his research at the Library of Congress for nearly a quarter century.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2022
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    Cuban and Puerto Rican Roots in Latin Jazz Roberto Fonseca joins a panel of experts, including educator, percussionist and bandleader Fran Vielma; Puerto Rican trombonist and bandleader William Cepeda; trombonist, author, and ethnomusicologist Chris Washburne; and Claudia Morales from the Library's Music Division, in a discussion of the influences and roots of Latin jazz.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2022
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    Conversation with Pablo Ziegler Buenos Aires-born, Grammy-winning pianist, composer, and arranger Pablo Ziegler speaks with the Music Division about his concert presented in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress. In addition, he shares memories of his time working with nuevo tango maestro Astor Piazzolla and his journey as a musician.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2022
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    Conversation with Banda Magda Greek-born multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, educator and bandleader Magdalini Giannikou speaks with the Music Division about her concert presented in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress. In addition, she shares her experience writing songs in different languages and her inspiration for her latest work, Seasons.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2022
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    Conversation with Emmanuel Pahud and Alessio Bax Flutist Emmanuel Pahud and pianist Alessio Bax discuss their careers and concert program with Carol Lynn Ward-Bamford of the Music Division. Topics include the musicians' backgrounds, instruments and their program of works by Beethoven, Bach, Bacri and Prokofiev.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2022
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    Concert Hall Acoustics and the Sonic Ideal in Early 20th-Century America Mark Pottinger, professor of music and chair of music and theater at Manhattan College, reconstructs the listening soundscape that informed the design and patronage of a mid-1920s concert hall before the golden age of radio: the Library's acoustically superb Coolidge Auditorium. His lecture highlights the changing attitude toward acoustics, broadcast sound, and noise in 20th-century America and concludes by addressing how listening to electroacoustic…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2022
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    Conversation with Jamal Aliyev and Fazil Say Cellist Jamal Aliyev and pianist/composer Fazil Say speak with Anne McLean of the Music Division about their performance as part of the Concerts from the Library of Congress series. Topics include their program, folk music and Fazil Say's Four Cities composition, among others.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2022
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    A Conversation with Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola Winners of multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy awards, Cuban pianist and composer Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Cuban singer Aymée Nuviola-- known as "La Sonera del Mundo" speaks with the Music Division's Claudia Morales about their concert presented in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2022
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    Conversation with Mivos Quartet Anne McLean from the Music Division leads a conversation with the members of the Mivos Quartet about their program at the Library of Congress. She also speaks with composer Jeffrey Mumford about his commission from the Library entitled ...amid still and floating depths.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2022
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    Lionel Richie in Conversation with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden In honor of the 2022 Gershwin Prize, join us for a live conversation with Lionel Richie and Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2022
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    Mary Lou Williams: Jazz, Race, Gender, and Iconography Reporter, "Down Beat" columnist, author of "The Golden Age of Jazz" (1979), and photographer William P. Gottlieb (1917-2006) pioneered jazz iconography and shaped the American public's view of jazz. With access to Black jazz musicians in their work environments of nightclubs and concert halls and, in some cases, the private realms of these musicians' homes, Gottlieb documented New York's jazz scene during a ten-year…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2022
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    Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices Tune in for a conversation with conductor James Conlon, Artistic Director of The Colburn School's Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices; Adam Millstein, curator and producer for this virtual concert by Colburn musicians.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2022
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    Throwback Thursday: A Conversation with Aaron Diehl In a retrospective dialogue, pianist Aaron Diehl talks to the Music Division about his experience as a 2019 Library of Congress jazz scholar and his concert performed in the Coolidge Auditorium. The conversation is centered on Diehl's 2019 piano recital that included works from Gershwin, Jelly Roll Morton, Cervantes, and others.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2021
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    Conversation with Wynton Marsalis Kazem Abdullah leads a conversation with Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis. They discuss his work, "A Fiddler's Tale" and his collaboration and work with Stanley Crouch.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2021
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    Conversation with Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and Tai Murray Kazem Abdullah of the Library's Music Division leads a conversation with the venerable composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and the violin soloist and professor, Tai Murray. They discuss Zwilich's Romance for violin and piano and how the concert came to fruition.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2021
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    Conversation with Daymé Arocena In a spirited conversation, Havana-born vocalist and composer Daymé Arocena speaks to Music Division's Michele Glymph and Claudia Morales about her virtual program presented at the Library. Filled with humor and laughter, Arocena shares the behind-the-scenes story about recording the concert from Canada while her band was in Havana.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2021
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    Daymé Arocena: Educational Video #2: Afro-Cuban Rhythms Havana-born jazz vocalist and composer Daymé Arocena discusses and demonstrates Afro-Cuban rhythms including Cuban Clave and Rumba Clave. For more information and related resources, please visit https://loc.gov/concerts/dayme-arocena.html.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2021