Three Jazz Works

Fishko Files | Jun 25, 2020

Some of the major struggles and victories of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s coincided with a most active period for jazz music. WNYC's Sara Fishko looks at a few cases where the movement and the music came together, in this edition of Fishko Files. Featuring music by Max Roach, Duke Ellington, and Dave Brubeck, among others.

Max Roach's We Insist! Freedom Now

Duke Ellington's My People

Dave Brubeck's The Gates of Justice

Louis Armstrong, Dave Lambert, Jon Henricks, and others' The Real Ambassadors

Fishko Files with Sara Fishko

Assistant Producer: Olivia Briley
Mix Engineer: Wayne Shulmister and Paul Schneider
Editor: Karen Frillmann

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