Generations ago, Jazz musicians were still a vital part of Black urban communities, so much so that Jazz music was viewed as the music of a revolutionary vanguard during the Black liberation movement of the 1960s.
By Mark Anthony Neal
Love Supreme – an overview | The Jazz Breakfast
Radio stations, magazines, newspapers and other media outlets have long sought to create events that express their identity. It’s a way for the people who make the contents to encounter their listeners/readers directly, to create new content, to access new audiences, to generally “extend the brand”, as current branding parlance puts it.
By John L. Walters