Politics
Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water – The Gospel of James Baldwin
The American bassist and singer sets the work of writer and activist James Baldwin as spoken word, song and church service
JJ 09/74: Jazz – emergence as an international art form
Fifty years ago the US avant-gardist Milo Fine lamented the effect of partisan politics on jazz, hoping that music would prevail
American Drummers 1959-88
An evocative photo collection from Val Wilmer includes Billy Higgins, Kenny Clarke and Ed Blackwell, as well as an off-duty Jimi Hendrix
Talking The Groove – Jazz Words From The Morning Star
The Morning Star’s jazz scribe finds the positive in the music, noting that Marx would have passed the Pizza Express as he hatched Das Kapital
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German jazz trade-fair strikes a political note
The opening night of jazzahead! in Bremen combined declarations of the jazz-as-freedom idea with music from Han Bennink and others
Matana Roberts: Coin Coin Chapter Five – In The Garden
The American multi-instrumentalist and band couch a political message in an abstract patchwork of rhythm, riff, free improv and spoken word
Lottery awards £247,494 to research black music shops
Leicester-based arts body says the early independent UK record store was a music-fuelled vehicle for resistance against systemic racism
Cassie Kinoshi: ‘Jazz is black American music’
Cassie Kinoshi is a saxophonist and writer of exceptional versatility. Not only does she lead the 10-piece jazz band SEED Ensemble, whose music includes...
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Crossing Bar Lines – The Politics And Practices Of Black Musical Space
The author has chosen the work of five musicians, all African American improvisers, to illustrate the use of music and improvisational skills in addressing...
Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science: Waiting Game
Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington has always been concerned about the society she lives in but has rarely expressed her political views in her music....