Russell Davies 's history of jazz. 38: Jazz Protestors. Although America's racial problems had always been central to the jazz experience, during the first half of the century musicians tended to make social protests with great restraint on or off the bandstand.
This all changed in the era of the civil rights movement and Black Power, when explicit protest became integral to the music of Max Roach ,
Archie Shepp and others. Producer Phil Speight