The Journey to Jazz and Human Rights – Episode One: Civil Rights

By Emily Bonnell

As part of an enhanced listener experience, we have, with the support of the Maytree Foundation, created a supplementary research component to expand on The Journey to Jazz and Human Rights podcast series. To find out more information on the artists and songs you heard in the first episode, please consult the links below.

Episode Playlist

  1. John Coltrane – Equinox, 0:00, Alabama, 6:34
  2. Sonny Rollins – Freedom Suite, 2:26
  3. Charles Mingus – Fables of Faubus, 2:33
  4. Skip James – Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues, 11:40
  5. Big Bill Broonzy – Key to the Highway, 14:38
  6. Duke Ellington – Reminiscing in Tempo, 16:33, Black, Brown, and Beige, 21:03, Come Sunday, 22:08
  7. Louis Armstrong – I Cover the Waterfront, 26:29
  8. Lester Young – The Man I Love, 27:25
  9. Dizzy Gillespie – Bebop, 30:29, A Night in Tunisia, 35:31
  10. Terence Blanchard – Breathless, 48:00