# Ingrid Monson

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Reimagining Jazz in Africa: Cape Town Cosmopolitans and Beyond

In recognition of the recent death of South African maestro Hugh Masekela, we revisit a program that touches on one of his earliest musical landmarks, The Jazz Epistles. It’s no secret that the distant roots of American jazz lay in Africa. But how did Afro-America’s revolutionary sound reshape Af…

Drawing the lines: music copyright, cultures and creativity

What musical traditions do copyright laws protect and threaten? Do all musical cultures hold equal status in the eyes of the law? Over the last decade a spate of legal action related to unauthorised musical borrowing has made international headlines and thrust music copyright into the global spotl…

Not Just A Dreamer: MLK's Legacy As A Radical Philosopher. Plus, Examining The 'Precious' Hymn That Inspired MLK

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is often regarded as a brilliant orator and a champion of nonviolence, and his speeches -- especially his "I Have A Dream" speech -- is endlessly quoted by politicians and activists. But what of the Dr. King who spoke out against the Vietnam War, against police brutality…

“My Favorite Things”

How did experimental saxophonist John Coltrane take a popular song from musical theater and transform it into a work of jazz transcendence that would go on to be a radio hit? More importantly, why did he even try? On this episode of Let’s Face The Music, we trace the origins of ‘My Favorite T…

Paying tribute to the man friends called Q: Quincy Jones

Guest: Ingrid Monson, Quincy Jones Professor of African American music at Harvard University and author of Freedom Sounds: Civil Rights Call Out to Jazz and Africa

S02E03 Jazz, Africa & Islam - Part One: 'Uhuru Afrika'

The late 1950s and 60s are associated with Black Americans developing pride in their African heritage, an association that had its roots in the activism of Marcus Garvey and Paul Robeson in earlier decades. At different points during the 20th Century, the domestic Civil Rights struggle was  viewed …