Jazz is Black American Classical Music
Clip: Season 11 Episode 2 | 1m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
Jazz is Black American classical music that can teach and empower people.
Mekala Session shares his views on what jazz is and what it can do, informed Horace Tapscott's perspective on music's role in society. It is Black American classical music that can teach and empower people. "It's basically what the Black Panthers were trying to do, but a lot less militant," he says.
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Jazz is Black American Classical Music
Clip: Season 11 Episode 2 | 1m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
Mekala Session shares his views on what jazz is and what it can do, informed Horace Tapscott's perspective on music's role in society. It is Black American classical music that can teach and empower people. "It's basically what the Black Panthers were trying to do, but a lot less militant," he says.
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