Civil rights lawyer and jazz pianist Bryan Stevenson and Pulitzer-winning jazz artist Wynton Marsalis are debuting a new live performance album of historic jazz records created in time for Juneteenth to protest racial injustice. “Freedom, Justice and Hope' includes a new arrangement of John Coltrane’s “Alabama.
Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz artist Wynton Marsalis , right, and Bryan Stevenson, a trained pianist and and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, right, pose for a photograph, Thursday, June 13, 2024, in New York. Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz artist Wynton Marsalis , right, and Bryan Stevenson, a trained pianist and and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, right, pose for a photograph, Thursday, June 13, 2024, in New York.
“Jazz, itself, was a counterstatement to minstrelsy,” said Marsalis, referring to a form of entertainment popularized in the 20th century that included white actors with blackened faces performing racist depictions of African Americans. “They did it with a kind of dignity and intentionality of rebutting this false narrative of racial hierarchy,” he said.
Jazz’s reliance on instrumental leads has led some to stereotype it as dated, irrelevant and less connected to social justice than vocally driven rap and hip-hop — think Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power,” N.W.A’s “F Tha Police,” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright.” But musicians, scholars and activists alike urge listeners to recognize and champion the political messages communicated through the music’s emotional depth.
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