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Podcast: Learn Jazz Standards Podcast
Episode: Jazz, Racial Injustice, and What This Music Really Means (feat. Kyle Younger)
Description: Welcome to episode 222 of the LJS Podcast where today we have on special guest Kyle Younger on the show to discuss the history of jazz and its ties to the racial oppression of the African American community. Jazz is African American music, and we cannot understand or play this music without recognizing the oppression of those who created this music.When we play jazz music and when we practice jazz music, it's important that we remember that it is African American music and it was born out of slavery. It was born out of racism...