- event type:WOMEX 24 Conference Session
- date:25 Oct 2024
- time:11:00 - 11:45
- city/area:Manchester
- venue:Conference Room 2, Manchester Central
- country:United Kingdom
- event posted by:Piranha Arts
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Chaired by
André Marmot (UK), Faber and Faber / Earth Agency / Afriquoi;
with
Stephen Budd (UK), Stephen Budd Music Ltd;
Santana Guérout (France/UK), Band on the Wall
In the 90s and 2000s, jazz was often dismissed as outdated and uncool, associated mainly with out-of-touch white men with questionable taste. Fast forward to 2019, and a new wave of UK jazz musicians began making waves at festivals globally, earning mainstream recognition and attracting new fans. How did this shift occur?
André Marmot, author of Unapologetic Expression, will discuss this transformation alongside Santana Guérout (Band on the Wall) and Stephen Budd (Africa Express/Nubiyan Twist). They will delve into the factors that have contributed to the genre's resurgence, examining what made jazz the unapologetic expression of oppressed people shaped by slavery, imperialism, and globalization, and considering the backdrop of a divided, postcolonial Britain redefining its identity in a changing world.