Art collecting & Jazz (a conversation with Brandee Younger)

About this episode

Alex interviews harpist Brandee Younger about the connection between art collecting and jazz music.

This week on Maybe, Actually, Museum are for me , Alex sits down with renowned harpist, bandleader, and jazz performer, Brandee Younger. Brandee is a harpist, composer and bandleader whose music connects spiritual jazz and classical training to the rhythmic soulfulness of R&B and hip-hop. In this episode the two discuss the intersection between fine art and jazz music, if playing a show inside a museum has any influence, and how Brandee has started to develop an interest in art collecting. You can see Brandee Younger perform at the Montclair Art Museum on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at the Museum's annual Art Meets Jazz concert hosted and supported by the African American Cultural Commitee (AACC). You can find tickets here— https://www.montclairartmuseum.org/events/events-and-programs/art-meets-jazz-brandee-younger

People in this episode

Host: Alex

Guest: Brandee Younger

Topics covered

• art collecting
• jazz music
• intersection of art and music
• performance in museums
• spiritual jazz
• R&B
• hip-hop

Keywords

• art collecting
• jazz
• Brandee Younger
• Montclair Art Museum
• performance
• music
• R&B
• hip-hop

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Montclair Art Museum, African American Cultural Committee

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