In this episode we explore how jazz, the blues, work songs and spirituals have blended with European classical tradition to create a uniquely American voice in the concert hall. African American composers Duke Ellington, William Grant Still, and Adolphus Hailstork are featured, with sensational Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear joining the Philharmonic in his Erie debut. We will also explore the life of our own hometown musical hero, Harry T. Burleigh, and trace some of the important spaces in which he launched his life in music.