/tags/echoes-of-the-harlem-renaissance Echoes of the Harlem Renaissance en-US Copyright Thu, 25 Oct 2018 11:45:00 GMT /show/the-american-sound/2018-10-25/echoes-of-the-harlem-renaissance-exploring-william-grant-stills-afro-american-symphony William Grant Still is best known today for his Afro-American Symphony. Still composed the work in 1930 and strove in the symphony to – in his words –… Thu, 25 Oct 2018 11:45:00 GMT /show/the-american-sound/2018-10-25/echoes-of-the-harlem-renaissance-exploring-william-grant-stills-afro-american-symphony Jennifer Hambrick /show/the-american-sound/2018-10-18/echoes-of-the-harlem-renaissance-james-p-johnson-wrote-a-rhapsody-in-black-and-white On Feb. 12, 1924, George Gershwin gave the first performance of his Rhapsody in Blue with famed bandleader Paul Whiteman's band in New York City's Aeolian… Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:45:00 GMT /show/the-american-sound/2018-10-18/echoes-of-the-harlem-renaissance-james-p-johnson-wrote-a-rhapsody-in-black-and-white Jennifer Hambrick