ArtsComment remembers the conductor and educator, who collaborated with the musical legends Leonard Bernstein and Duke Ellington, on what would have been his 88th birthday.
Author: Brad S. Ross
Brad S. Ross is a writer and composer based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes about music, film, and other topics for the culture blog ArtsComment, which he co-founded with Benjamin Huggins in 2017. His writing has also appeared on the arts blog Oberon's Grove and in the online magazine Quillette.