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Fire Music: When Jazz Speaks Out - Part 1
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- Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
- The Mothers of Invention "Trouble Every Day" Freak Out! (Zappa) 0:16
- John Lee Hooker "The Motor City Is Burning" Urban Blues (BluesWay) 5:49
- Host talks 8:38
- Gil Scott-Heron "Whitey on the Moon" Small Talk at 125th and Lenox (Flying Dutchman) 10:46
- Terence Blanchard "Breathless" Breathless (Blue Note) 12:12
- Billie Holiday "Strange Fruit" Lady Sings the Blues (Verve) 16:45
- Mahalia Jackson "How I Got Over" Sings the Best-Loved Hymns of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Columbia) 19:46
- Host talks 25:08
- Herbie Hancock "I Have a Dream" The Prisoner (Blue Note) 28:36
- Working Week "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" Working Nights (Virgin) 39:31
- Marlena Shaw "Woman of the Ghetto" The Spice of Life (Verve/Cadet) 44:31
- Host talks 50:30
- Sonny Rollins "The Freedom Suite" Freedom Suite (Prestige) 53:06
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