The Met | Music & Nightlife | Episode 4 | Harlem Is Everywhere @metmuseum | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 23 hours ago.
What were the sounds of the Harlem Renaissance? Jazz and blues exploded onto the scene. People flocked to uptown venues like the Savoy Ballroom, where they could dance the Lindy Hop all night long. In this episode, we’ll learn how the music of the Renaissance was part of a larger boundary-breaking nightlife that involved gambling, speakeasies, and hole-in-the-wall clubs where people could express gender and sexuality in new ways. We’ll learn about the artists, musicians, and performers who embodied this spirit of creative experimentation and transgression—and whose work remains fresh decades later.
Learn more about the exhibition at metmuseum.org/HarlemRenaissance
Objects featured in this episode:
James Van Der Zee, [Person in a Fur-Trimmed Ensemble], 1926:metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/895670
Jacob Lawrence, Pool Parlor, 1942: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/488043
Archibald Motley Jr. paintings: The Liar, 1936; and Picnic, 1934:
https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/project/the-liar/index.html
https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/project/the-picnic/index.html
Guests:
James Smalls, art historian and professor
Richard J. Powell, art historian and professor
Christian McBride, Grammy Award winning musician and composer
Original poem: Carl Phillips’s “At the Reception”
For a transcript of this episode, visit metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2024/03/harlem-is-everywhere-music-and-nightlife#transcript
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Harlem Is Everywhere is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios.
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What were the sounds of the Harlem Renaissance? Jazz and blues exploded onto the scene. People flocked to uptown venues like the Savoy Ballroom, where they could dance the Lindy Hop all night long. In this episode, we’ll learn how the music of the Renaissance was part of a larger boundary-breaking nightlife that involved gambling, speakeasies, and hole-in-the-wall clubs where people could express gender and sexuality in new ways. We’ll learn about the artists, musicians, and performers who embodied this spirit of creative experimentation and transgression—and whose work remains fresh decades later.
Learn more about the exhibition at metmuseum.org/HarlemRenaissance
Objects featured in this episode:
James Van Der Zee, [Person in a Fur-Trimmed Ensemble], 1926:metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/895670
Jacob Lawrence, Pool Parlor, 1942: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/488043
Archibald Motley Jr. paintings: The Liar, 1936; and Picnic, 1934:
https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/project/the-liar/index.html
https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/project/the-picnic/index.html
Guests:
James Smalls, art historian and professor
Richard J. Powell, art historian and professor
Christian McBride, Grammy Award winning musician and composer
Original poem: Carl Phillips’s “At the Reception”
For a transcript of this episode, visit metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2024/03/harlem-is-everywhere-music-and-nightlife#transcript
#HarlemIsEverywhere
Harlem Is Everywhere is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios.
Subscribe to Harlem Is Everywhere wherever you listen to podcasts.
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harlem-is-everywhere/id1728487836
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2VEDHRO7B5hX6Ol8isMnH7
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Amazon Music: music.amazon.com/podcasts/4eda2f97-0639-44a6-8809-4c67f54110ad/harlem-is-everywhere
Subscribe for new content from The Met: youtube.com/user/metmuseum
#TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum #HarlemIsEverywhere #HarlemRenaissance #podcast
© 2024 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
