For this week’s installment of DJ Sessions, on Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Terrance McKnight, a DJ at WQXR, New York’s Classical Music Radio Station. He shares pieces by African-American musicians and composers who are making an impact in classical music.
Songs In This Segment
Jeff Scott, “Startin Sumthin”
Jeff Scott, “The Gift of Life”
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, “Lamentations” performed by Tahirah Whittington
Jason Moran, “Improvisation” live at MoMA’s “Migration Rhapsody”
Guest
- Terrance McKnight, DJ at WQXR in New York City. He tweets @mcknight3000.
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