Clive Myrie concludes his series by examining jazz’s role in protest, politics and diplomacy away from America. He hears how it clashed with the Nazis in World War Two and how people used jazz to cope with life in the concentration camps. There's the story of John Coltrane's big composition in Japan and Clive remembers how jazz became a huge part of the fight to end apartheid in South Africa. There's recollections from Dave Brubeck's son Chris and Darius before the series heads back to where everything began - at the home of the ‘father of jazz’, Buddy Bolden, in New Orleans.

Producers: Ashley Byrne and Wayne Wright

The Truth About Jazz is a Made in Manchester Production originally produced for the BBC World Service Show less