Politics But Jazz

By: Josh Mundt Alex Herbert Brennen Schedler
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  • Jazz music is inherently political. It was initially confined to the segregated black communities before it became colonized while its black originators continued to be cheated and discriminated against. Jazz might not be as culturally relevant, but it remains a political music. Two professional musicians and an economics major join forces to bring back the connection between jazz and politics. In PBJ (politics, but jazz), Alex Herbert, Josh Mundt, and Brennen Schedler connect current events to a different jazz album every week. Sometimes we might compare current events to the musical ideas expressed on the album, or the political circumstances around the album, or whatever seems appropriate. Either way, you'll find that jazz and politics go together like peanut butter and jelly.
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Episodes
  • Cancel Culture and Chick Corea

    Cancel Culture and Chick Corea
    Feb 15 2021

    Weekly article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/star-wars-the-blacklist-strikes-back-11613093759

    Weekly album: Chick Corea with Return to Forever - Light As a Feather (1973)

    Intro/Outro music: The Udder - "Disco Lion Safari", from Tamakeri (2020)

    theudder.bandcamp.com
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Minimum Wage and Miklós Lukács/Larry Grenadier/Eric Harland

    Minimum Wage and Miklós Lukács/Larry Grenadier/Eric Harland
    Feb 9 2021

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/15-minimum-wage-would-cost-1-4-million-workers-jobs-lift-900-000-from-poverty-cbo-study-finds-11612800875

    Weekly album: Miklos Lukacs with Larry Grenadier and Eric Harland - Cimbalom Unlimited. 
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Filibuster and Ambrose Akinmusire

    Filibuster and Ambrose Akinmusire
    Jan 27 2021

    Bumper Music:

    The Udder - Disco Lion Safari

     

    From "Tamakeri" (2020)

     

    theudder.bandcamp.com

     

    Weekly album: Ambrose Akinmusire - When the Heart Emerges Glistening
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    1 hr and 3 mins
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Insightful and Hilarious!!

Love the Show!! Great discussions on politics and Jazz!! Love the show Gentlemen!! Btw STAY IN SCHOOL KIDS! - Bill Herbert (aka Dad)

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