Archive: March 2020 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Paul Sommerfeld; (Year) 2020; (Month) March

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Let’s Mambo!: Machito and His Afro-Cubans

March 24, 2020

Musician Machito (c. 1908-1984) and his group the Afro-Cubans performed from 1940 to the early 1980s, forming an influential legacy that includes salsa music and Afro-Cuban jazz. The Music of Machito and His Afro-Cubans collection primarily contains approximately 150 manuscript and published compositions and arrangements performed by the ensemble.

Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Jazz, Special Collections

Leonard B. Smith: Collecting a Concert Band Library

March 6, 2020

Posted by: Paul Sommerfeld

Learn more about conductor and cornet player Leonard B. Smith and his Detroit Concert Band through his concert band and orchestra library, personal music collection, correspondence, clippings, programs, and photographs.

Posted in: Composers, Special Collections

Refined by: (Author) Paul Sommerfeld; (Year) 2020; (Month) March