Category: Sound recordings

From the Coolidge Auditorium to the WETA Airwaves

December 20, 2024

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Save the date for the return of the Library's concert series to the airwaves on December 30, 2024 at 8 p.m. ET on WETA. Enjoy a broadcast of the February 12, 2024, "Rhapsody in Blue" at 100 concert featuring The U.S. Air Force Band and pianist Simone Dinnerstein. The Library of Congress is home to the George and Ira Gershwin Collection.

Posted in: Arrangers, Composers, Concerts and Events, Conductors, Instrumentalists, Jazz, Jewish American History, Music Division history, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Outreach, Sound recordings, Special Collections

“The Sun of Latin Music” – Eddie Palmieri at the Library of Congress

October 28, 2024

Posted by: Claudia Morales

  On Friday, October 18, the Music Division had the honor of presenting 10-time Grammy winner, NEA Jazz Master, “El Sonero Mayor,” American pianist, composer, arranger, band leader and social activist, Mr. Eddie Palmieri. In 1975, Palmieri won the first-ever Grammy in the category of Best Latin Music Recording with his album “The Sun of …

Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Instrumentalists, Jazz, Latin American History, Musicians, Sound recordings, Special Collections