About

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https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/4463659/sam-middleton-painter-of-sound

Sam Middleton was born in Harlem in 1927. Coming of age during the Harlem Renaissance, he was well acquainted with Jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonious Monk, among countless other musicians and intellectuals. Music – Jazz and classical especially – would be a life-long passion and influence for the artist. When he joined the Merchant Marines in 1944, he took his record player and records with him, even transporting them down to …