Harlem Speaks Oral History: Danny Mixon

For this episode of Harlem Speaks on the Road, hosted by our Senior Scholar Loren Schoenberg, features jazz pianist, Danny Mixon.
Jazz pianist Danny Mixon, born in 1949 in Harlem, started off as a tap dancer. He attended New York City’s High School of Performing Arts with dance as his major, but soon switched to playing the piano after being inspired by visits with his grandfather to see jazz artists playing at the Apollo Theater. Over the course of his long career, Mixon has performed with jazz greats including Betty Carter, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Pharoah Sanders, Joe Williams, Frank Foster, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Charles Mingus and Lionel Hampton.
Harlem Speaks is the Oral History initiative of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Started in 2004, Harlem Speaks has been supported by many generous donors including the National Endowment for the Arts, Institute of Museum and Library Services, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
Harlem Speaks was curated by Loren Schoenberg, Greg Thomas and the programming team at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Hosts include Christian McBride, Loren Schoenberg, Greg Thomas, Dr. Billy Taylor, and others. Videographers include 23dB Productions, Richard Parra, and Artem Agafonov.
This program is made possible with support from Humanities New York.