Frank Black was an American conductor and radio music director, closely associated with NBC broadcasting during the first half of the twentieth century.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Gershwin: The First Recordings, part of the early broadcast and recording history around Gershwin’s music.

Black’s importance lies in the practical world of radio music-making, where conductors shaped orchestral performance for microphones, time slots and national audiences.

His page is justified by historical context. Black gives the Gershwin shelf a direct line into American broadcast craft.