The Anthology of Black Classical Music

The textile print called "Rhapsody" from 1925, now on view in the exhibit "The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s" at the Cooper Hewitt.

A weekly program produced "by black musicians about black music, its history, its present and its future." Hosted by Bill Lowe, the Anthology of Black Classical Music provided a fascinating glimpse into New York City's Black Arts movement in the 1970s. 

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Richard Williams

A true virtuoso among trumpet players.
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Bill Barron

Bill Lowe interviewS saxophone legend Bill Barron.
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David Baker

Baker is best known as an educator and founder of the jazz studies program.
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Yusef Lateef

Bill Barron interviews Yusef Abdul Lateef an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer.
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Eubie Blake

The earliest interview with ragtime piano legend Eubie Blake in our collection.
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