Articles by Gerald Horne

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Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music
Gerald Horne | Monthly Review – TRANSCEND Media Service, 24 Jun 2019

18 Jun 2019 – The music we call “jazz” arose in late nineteenth century North America—most likely in New Orleans—based on the musical traditions of Africans, newly freed from slavery. Grounded in the music known as the “blues,” which expressed the pain, sufferings, and hopes of Black folk then pulverized by Jim Crow, this new music entered the world via the instruments that had been abandoned by departing military bands after the Civil War.

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