The American Dream, the American Nightmare, and Black American Music at Severance Music Center

Julian Davis Reid is a pianist, producer, and composer, who has performed and spoken throughout the country and around the world in various solo and collaborative musical projects. In this presentation, he will reflect on his own experience as a Black composer and performer, the descendant of voluntary and involuntary migrants. Music selections include: Come Sunday by Duke Ellington, Dolphin Dance by Herbie Hancock, What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye, and jazz standards.