[killJOY]

Why?

Just watch this vintage footage of Miles Davis and John Coltrane.


Enjoy your Sunday off.


So What?

[lorenzo]

I agree, life without Afro-American culture would be very boring.

Paradoxically, the white Anglosaxon protestants' hatred and tyranny against the blacks has given a great freedom to those people. They've used their artistic creativity to set themselves free. And the result is magnificent. It's the best thing to come out of the entire USA's history.

The footage is from 1958. That's when the civil rights movement had just started in the US. Two images: great black jazz musicians creating a historic piece of music, while outside, in the street, blacks have to fight for their rights against the white Anglosaxon protestant. It's a stark contrast. But very revealing. And it makes the music even better.

It's this paradox which makes America so special. Despite the tyranny, the inequality and the racism, blacks, native americans and latinos still succeed in creating spaces of freedom.

[PenultimateManStanding]

It's a long way from Coltrane to NWA. Jazz is Dead, Long Live Jazz!

[nemo]

Great clip!
Both "Kind of Blue" and "Giant Steps" were recorded in 1959.
I hate to believe that music as an art form peaked long before I was born, but I struggle to find evidence to the contrary. To my ears at least, hip hop ain't the new jazz.

[Wednesday]

Awesome.

I have this music recorded but I've never seen this video. Thank You.

I have to watch it again.

[LadyRuby]

KillJoy, don't give up on America yet. There's a revolution underway, the neo-cons have had their day, and their power and influence is waning. Just look at how many Americans now know that we are way way off track. Better times may be ahead (they may be harder for sure, but a more sustainable America may be on the way).

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('LadyRuby', ' ')Better times may be ahead....a more sustainable America may be on the way

[gigacannon]

By "white Anglo-saxon protestant," you are referring to English people, and the descendents of our ancestors in the USA? I can assure you that the Church of England is in no way racist, and that hatred of black people is considered bizarre and extremely archaic in the UK.

[0mar]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('LadyRuby', 'K')illJoy, don't give up on America yet. There's a revolution underway, the neo-cons have had their day, and their power and influence is waning. Just look at how many Americans now know that we are way way off track. Better times may be ahead (they may be harder for sure, but a more sustainable America may be on the way).

[LadyRuby]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('0mar', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('LadyRuby', 'K')illJoy, don't give up on America yet. There's a revolution underway, the neo-cons have had their day, and their power and influence is waning. Just look at how many Americans now know that we are way way off track. Better times may be ahead (they may be harder for sure, but a more sustainable America may be on the way).

[0mar]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('LadyRuby', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('0mar', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('LadyRuby', 'K')illJoy, don't give up on America yet. There's a revolution underway, the neo-cons have had their day, and their power and influence is waning. Just look at how many Americans now know that we are way way off track. Better times may be ahead (they may be harder for sure, but a more sustainable America may be on the way).