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Jazz Migrations

Published: Oct. 9, 2021, 11 a.m.

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Music crosses boundaries between traditional and modern, local and global, personal and political. Take jazz \\u2014 a musical form born out of forced migration and enslavement. We typically think it originated in New Orleans and then spread around the world. But today, we examine an alternate history of jazz \\u2014 one that starts in Africa, then crisscrosses the planet, following the movements of people and empires -- from colonial powers to grassroots revolutionaries to contemporary artists throughout the diaspora.

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This history of jazz is like the music itself: fluid and improvisatory. \\xa0

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In this hour, produced in partnership with the\\xa0Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI)\\xa0\\u2014 a global consortium of 270 humanities centers and institutes \\u2014\\xa0we hear how both African and African-American music have shaped the sound of the world today.

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Original Air Date:\\xa0July 04, 2020

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Guests:\\xa0

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Meklit Hadero\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Valmont Layne\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Gwen Ansell\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Ron Radano

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Interviews In This Hour:\\xa0

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How Meklit Hadero Reimagined Ethiopian Jazz\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0So You Say You Want A Revolution\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Reclaiming the Hidden History of South African Jazz\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0\'We Are All African When We Listen\'

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Further Reading:

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CHCI Ideas from Africa Hub

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