George Gershwin’s work has remained popular, but it is also controversial: for some it introduced jazz into the concert hall, while others consider it to be a white musician’s crass and racist appropriation
Everett Lee, a conductor who broke down racial barriers but then fled the prejudice that Black classical musicians faced in the United States to make a significant career in Europe,
He was known as the first Black conductor on Broadway and the first to conduct a white orchestra in the South. Mr. Lee went on to a successful career in Europe.