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Transcript: Jazz Musicians, Others Debate Racism in the Jazz World
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- NPR All Things Considered
- Article date:
- January 10, 1996
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Jeff Lee, Dan Morgenstern, Archie Shepp, Jerry Mulligan and Lionel
Hampton discuss racism in the jazz community, sparked by growing profits
in the industry.
LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: This is All Things Considered. I'm Linda
Wertheimer.
ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: And I'm Robert Siegel. Long before the rest
of American society was integrated, black and white jazz musicians
were playing together. But the purse strings were almost always held
by whites. And contrary to popular perception, jazz can be a profitable
business. Record companies are making money from jazz and now television
is going to try. The prospects of profits has added fuel to an old
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