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Dana Suesse

Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — The Zebra in the Room

Much more work could be done fertilizing the fields of cross-cultural music, sowing seeds collected from the great touchstones of American culture – innovation, integration, risk, reward.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: African-America, Dana Suesse, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Gunther Schuller, JIPC jazz-influenced piano concerto, minstrel, Racism

Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Mavericks, 1923-1955

This first group of mavericks all have their roots in the 1920s, but they demonstrate that George Gershwin’s way wasn’t the only way.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Aaron-Copland, Dana Suesse, Erwin Schulhoff, George Gershwin, JIPC, Leo [Leopold] Smit

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