Jazz as Resistance

In the organizer's words:

With Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq, musician; and Kevin Le Gendre, author, journalist (in English)

29.06.25 - 17:15

the yellow villa, Kreuzberg

Free admission
All events of the discourse weekend with free childcare, please register for childcare by Thu 26 June at: jazzwoche (at) ig-jazz-berlin.de

In a conversation and listening session, the Berlin-based band leader and multi-instrumentalist Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq and the London-based author and journalist Kevin Le Gendre will speak about the historical role of Jazz in freedom and resistance movements, and the way that politics are reflected in the works of musicians today. By referring to key figures in the U.S. and the UK like the artist and activist Horace Tapscott and his Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra founded in Los Angeles in 1961, they will talk about how music forms communities and political consciousness and how the artist becomes part of an ecosystem of thinking. When does music become more than a mere reflection of the individual? What are the different ways in which artists express resistance? What happens to artists who voice their dissent in times of funding cuts and a rise of the far right?