The Sound Heard Around the World: The Music of James Reese Europe

Joins NWS for a special presentation featuring Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and bandleader Branford Marsalis on Tuesday, February 7. Through music and narration, Marsalis guides New World Symphony in sharing the story of James Reese Europe, the trailblazing musician who brought ragtime into the mainstream and went on to be remembered as “the Martin Luther King Jr. of music.”

This special presentation is part of the NWS's 2023 I Dream a World festival.

Program
Eubie Blake / Noble Sissle : Selections from Shuffle Along (1921)
Will Marion Cook : “Swing Along!” from Three Negro Songs (1912)
Carlos de Mesquita : Castle Innovation Waltz (1914)
Cecil Macklin : "Too Much Mustard" (1911)
Lorenzo Logatti : El Irresistible (1913)
James Reese Europe : Castle House Rag (c. 1914)
Chris Smith : Ballin' the Jack (1914)
Carl D. Bethel : That Moaning Trombone (1918)
Mack David / William Hewitt : "Arabian Nights" (1918)
William Christopher Handy : The Memphis Blues (1912)