Too often, victims are left without justice, while perpetrators remain in positions of power. 

How can we dream differently about safety, equity and support in the creative industries? Join Creative Trailblazer Award Winner, Audrey Hall in conversation with Niyi Akeju from the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) as Audrey launches The Safe Space Sisterhood – a new social enterprise championing fair treatment for freelancers, with a focus on protecting and empowering women working across the sector. 

And Questions from the Floor. We’re opening our own doors. Join us… 😉

Where: Manchester International Festival 2025, Festival Sq., Aviva Studiosdin Water Street Manchester M3 4JQ

When: Thursday 17 July, 3-4pm BST

The Safe Space Sisterhood hosted by Kee Hong and Factory International Artistic Director & Chief Executive, John McGrath

#safespace #sisterhoodsolidarity #CIISA #metoo @Tamara Banks #harveyweinstein #nondisclosureagreements #safeguarding #flipthescript #bullying #parity #DrMayaAngelou

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Who owns Jazz? Muneer Nasser says, “we pick cotton in this country just like we pick notes. We need to analyse history, not just celebrate it.”

The son of the celebrated bassist, Jamil Nasser exalts the legacy of his dad with stories of the iconic masters. And with lessons to be learned through what Muneer calls ‘the tunnel vision’ of HipHop, it’s a history lesson of the Jazz Legends who have shaped the fabric of music across generations and his take on what’s going on in the music business today, and why.

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THE MENTIONS: Newport Jazz Festival, Birdland, The Frankfurt Book Fair, Muhammed Ali, Muneer Nasser’s gig: Juneteeth gig, The Sculpture Garden National Gallery of Art, Tyler Perry, Dr Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, The Green Book, the 1st Civil Rights Movement 1865, President Bill Clinton – 3 strikes rule, Blind Tom, Carnegie Hall, the Beale Street Music Festival, Howard University, Hip Hop.

Note from Audrey: This interview with Muneer was recorded last year. His “biggest gig of his life”, The Muneer Nasser Quintet A Juneteenth Jazz Celebration took place on June 21st at the National Gallery of Art (Sculpture Garden), Washington, DC

PS: Note from Audrey: In our chat, Muneer refers to @RonCarter's self-publishing, which is in fact a deliberate choice. I asked Mr C why? And his response via Team Maestro is as follows:

The assumption behind the question seems to be that self-publishing is a last resort or the result of there not being interest in the author by major companies. That’s just not true, at least in The Maestro’s case.

When you sign with a publisher, they make all the decisions. They decide the publishing calendar (often a year or more in advance of when you make the deal), they decide the quality of the paper and printing, they decide the price, they decide how much (or how little) to charge. Because of the nature of their business, making updates is a slow and cumbersome process and often does not happen until every last one of the books has been sold and then you need to make a new deal. Because the publisher is laying out all the money, then understandably get the lion’s share of the profits and the author gets 10 or 12%. This is a fair deal, one Maestro made decades ago before he had his own business built up, and one he could have today if he wanted. It is a great deal for authors who do not have the kind of marketing machine behind them and need a publisher to provide that. Mr. Carter is no longer in that position.

He chooses to publish his own books so he has control over what is being put out in his name, over the quality of the physical book, so he can update as he sees fit. Unlike many other authors, he does not need a publisher to find customers for his books – he has a robust social media following, a robust newsletter audience, and a reputation and following built up over 60 years.

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Who owns Jazz? Muneer Nasser says, “we pick cotton in this country just like we pick notes. We need to analyse history, not just celebrate it.”

The son of the celebrated bassist, Jamil Nasser exalts the legacy of his dad with stories of the iconic masters. And with lessons to be learned through what Muneer calls ‘the tunnel vision’ of HipHop, it’s a history lesson of the Jazz Legends who have shaped the fabric of music across generations and his take on what’s going on in the music business today, and why.

#PressPlay! #Subscribe! #JoinTheConversation!

Contact and Follow Audrey Hall:

Facebook and Twitter:@AudreyHall_

Facebook Show Pages: @audreyslatenightdrive ; @Audrey'searlydrive ;

Instagram: _audreyhalluk ; Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/audrey-hall-89...

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THE MENTIONS: Newport Jazz Festival, Birdland, The Frankfurt Book Fair, Muhammed Ali, Muneer Nasser’s gig: Juneteeth gig, The Sculpture Garden National Gallery of Art, Tyler Perry, Dr Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, The Green Book, the 1st Civil Rights Movement 1865, President Bill Clinton – 3 strikes rule, Blind Tom, Carnegie Hall, the Beale Street Music Festival, Howard University, Hip Hop.

Note from Audrey: This interview with Muneer was recorded last year. His “biggest gig of his life”, The Muneer Nasser Quintet A Juneteenth Jazz Celebration took place on June 21st at the National Gallery of Art (Sculpture Garden), Washington, DC

PS: Note from Audrey: In our chat, Muneer refers to @RonCarter's self-publishing, which is in fact a deliberate choice. I asked Mr C why? And his response via Team Maestro is as follows:

The assumption behind the question seems to be that self-publishing is a last resort or the result of there not being interest in the author by major companies. That’s just not true, at least in The Maestro’s case.

When you sign with a publisher, they make all the decisions. They decide the publishing calendar (often a year or more in advance of when you make the deal), they decide the quality of the paper and printing, they decide the price, they decide how much (or how little) to charge. Because of the nature of their business, making updates is a slow and cumbersome process and often does not happen until every last one of the books has been sold and then you need to make a new deal. Because the publisher is laying out all the money, then understandably get the lion’s share of the profits and the author gets 10 or 12%. This is a fair deal, one Maestro made decades ago before he had his own business built up, and one he could have today if he wanted. It is a great deal for authors who do not have the kind of marketing machine behind them and need a publisher to provide that. Mr. Carter is no longer in that position.

He chooses to publish his own books so he has control over what is being put out in his name, over the quality of the physical book, so he can update as he sees fit. Unlike many other authors, he does not need a publisher to find customers for his books – he has a robust social media following, a robust newsletter audience, and a reputation and following built up over 60 years.

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#Tellingitasitis from #HisStory at @BBC, @AlanYentob #MrBBC says, "...we are all now able to #takecontrol and #freeourminds

And for a fairer world, we need to come together and find a way to move forward. And the way we do so is through Conversations, stories about who and what we are, helping us to discover, look, listen, learn and share!" 

For Alan's vision for a fairer world #PressPlay! & #JointheConversation! It's what the #grownups are talking about!

NB: This interview with @alanyentob recorded on 20 December 2023 refers to #CamilaBatmanghelidjh, who died peacefully at home on New Year’s Day, 2024. #RIEP

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 ...and #HugeProps to Paul for #The Groove 'INNAPEACE', Hakim Jamal © Paul Ashley Wheatcroft.

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#EasyListening #artsandculture #filmandtv #popularculture #poetry #Community #IntergenerationalArts #avantgardejazz #popularmusic #Diversity #Inclusivity #Indentity #DigitalCreativity #digitalrevolution

#collaborativeartforms #culture #living #home #sustainability #BlackLivesMatter #LGBT

@BBC @Netflix @Apple @FoxTelevision @BBC @ITV @Channel4 #BadWolfTV @WarnerBrothers @Disney @BBCWales @BBCSalford @DoctorWho @BBCWorldService @SirDavidAttenborough @PlanetEarth @Arena @Imagine @TheArtsCouncil # USAfilmandtv @Manchester International Festival (MIF) @AvivaStudios @FactoryInternational #TheComicStrip

ManchesterCity Manchester London America USA #Ukraine #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #IranianJew

Philip Roth Mel Brooks David Bowie Stanley Kubrick @DannyBoyle @Russell T Davies #JaneTranter @AdeEdmonson #RikMayal #JeremyThorpe #AnthonyWall French & Saunders @FreeYourMind @LemnSissay #GeorgeFloyd RIEP DonaldTrump

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As FredWesley hits Manchester with The New JBs for another lesson in the #history of #funk, Fred says, "if you hear it, you love it and you'll see where I’m coming from!"

Regaled with tales of #JamesBrown's unorthodox banking practices, to JBs work ethic and how Fred translated The #GodfatherOfSoul's musical #vision to #monsterhits; and later to his horn on the #PFunk of #BootsyCollins and #George Clinton, to the work he is doing now with #TheNewJBs @FredWesley is one of the most #sampled musicians in the world today. He's defined the language of #Funk, and at 80 years young, long may it continue.

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 ...and #HugeProps to Paul for #The Groove 'INNAPEACE', Hakim Jamal © Paul Ashley Wheatcroft.

Contact and Follow Audrey Hall: Facebook and Twitter:@AudreyHall_

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THE TAGS

Count Basie, James Brown Fred Wesley & The New Jbs, Ike & Tina Turner, Maceo, Parker Herbie Hancock, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton 

A. I. Artificial Intelligence, The Military Vietnam War, California, Jazz, Legends, Psychologist, Peacemaker, Organised Chaos, P Funk, James Brown's Banking, Alabama, Martin Luther King Junior, I Have A Dream Speech

THE SONGS

Fred Wesley - The Old Man Song, Bipolar Woman, Drummer House, House Party, I Am Somebody, Breaking Bread, 

New Album - To The Blues And Back

#Chameleon Herbie Hancock - The Song Fred Wishes He'd Written 

****Fred's music gift to Audrey Hall, ... soon come...!

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Douyé's dad told her she is 'The Chosen One', and endorsed by the mighty #JazzLegends @RonCarter and @Kenny Barron, Douyé says, "Jazz is life." And it doesn't get any better than that...!

'Daddy said so' was not just the name of Douye‘s 4th album of Jazz classics, standards and ballads. Deeply influenced by the spiritual essence of her Jazz-loving father, it’s a way of life and the path she has followed since childhood, full in the knowledge that, "It takes a lot to be a lot...", and that she is "... carrying a debt, representing not just herself, but Lagos, Nigeria and Africa." 

A responsibility Douye accepts with gratitude as a Blessing as her African sound, style and culture is fused with the Western world, Bossa Nova effortlessly for #TheMightyShekere, her 5th album release, making waves in the Jazz charts.

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 ...and #HugeProps to Paul for #The Groove 'INNAPEACE', Hakim Jamal © Paul Ashley Wheatcroft.

Contact and Follow Audrey Hall: Facebook and Twitter:@AudreyHall_

Facebook Show Pages: @audreyslatenightdrive ;

@Audrey'searlydrive ;

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THE TAGS

@Frank Sinatra @Ella Fitzgerald @Sarah Vaughan 

#JamilNasser

@Muneer Nasser

@Ahmad Jamal 

@Nina Simone

@Ron Carter 

@Kenny Baron and his Band 

@Afrobeat

@Burna Boy

@Fela Kuti

@Dele Sosimi @CubAfrobeat

#R&B #JazzLegends @New York #MrFineCountry @Lagos @Nigeria @Africa #hats #30s 40s 50s fashion

THE SONGS

#ItNeverEnteredMyMind

#DaddySaidSo Douye's 4th album 

#NatureBoy

#RoundMidnight 

#BossaNova, #GreenDolphinStreet #Cherokee #TheTalkingDrum 

#Standards, #JazzStandards, #Classics #Ballads 

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@GaryWashington @TheUrbancellist is on tour with his musical extravaganza, @The Story of A People Called Black. I spoke to Gary before the premiere, exploring Gary's story - the story of the people of the African diaspora - from #enslavement, to the #Cottonfields in the #DeepSouth, to Manchester aka #Cottonopolis - aligned to the legacy of Windrush, the Black reality today, 75 years on from the landing of MV Windrush in 1948.

On identity and belonging, adopted Mancunian Gary finds the approach to DEI, 3 years post George Floyd RIP, like a band-aid. Calling for #unity he says, "we need to support each other better, and that needs to start with ourselves."

NB: This interview was recorded in June, just before the Premiere of The Story of A People Called Black @Niamos

...and #HugeProps to Paul for #The Groove 'INNAPEACE', Hakim Jamal © Paul Ashley Wheatcroft.

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From Dele Sosimi's diamond birthday celebrations, to his collaborative work with Cubafro and individual artists and musicians, to his latest album release with Sam Duckworth and The Estuary 21, to tales of old from his days in Fela Kuti's band, Dele's approach is, "an acceptance and acknowledgement of our individual creativity, shining through in spite of the vicissitudes of life...”, coincidentally, affirmed in his latest release, 'Ride Out The Storm’.

Dele Sosimi was schooled and raised in Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s commune (which he now refers to as his university of life). After Fela’s passing in 1997, Dele developed his solo career and, honing his creative talents has earned his title as The Messenger of Afrobeat - with the sounds of Afrobeat fused with jazz, and worldly pop, and

feelings of freedom, strength, and collaborative dynamism, as a balm for life changing events.

From Dele Sosimi's diamond birthday celebrations, to his collaborative work with Cubafro and individual artists and musicians, to his latest album release with Sam Duckworth and The Estuary 21, to tales of old from his days in Fela Kuti's band, Dele's approach is, "an acceptance and acknowledgement of our individual creativity shining through in spite of the vicissitudes of life...”, coincidentally, affirmed in his latest release, 'Ride Out The Storm’.

Dele Sosimi was schooled and raised in Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s commune (which he now refers to as his university of life). After Fela’s passing in 1997, Dele developed his solo career and, honing his creative talents has earned his title as The Messenger of Afrobeat - with the sounds of Afrobeat fused with jazz, and worldly pop, and

feelings of freedom, strength and collaborative dynamism, as a balm for life changing events.

Musicians mentioned in this podcast

Ola Onabule

African Boy

Sam Duckworth Studio and the Album 'The Confluence' - Dele Sosimi & The Estuary 21

Tracks: Mo Se B'ola Tan

Ride Out The Storm

Afro Cuban Project

Kushan Khan

Lokkhi Terra

Fela Kuti

Tracks: #Zombie #ColonialMentality

Femi Kuti

The Ezra Collective

...and #HugeProps to Paul for #The Groove 'INNAPEACE', Hakim Jamal © Paul Ashley Wheatcroft.

Contact and Follow Audrey Hall:

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Our guest today is respected amongst his peers, musicians, fans and students alike as, "The most perceptive critic writing about jazz today…who deserves a lot of credit for grasping the larger geographical shifts in the jazz world before anybody else." Ted Gioia author The History of Jazz.

Professor Stuart Nicholson's creds are impressive. He is the only European jazz commentator whose biography appears in the Grove Dictionary of American Music - and he is one of the few jazz writers to have had three best-selling books.

Stuart Nicholson is a serious jazz historian and a gifted writer - one of the leading Jazz Journalists in the world; a heavyweight jazz thinker, and unquestionable Undisputed Music Legend, who delights in sharing his passion, knowledge and love of Jazz, Tellingitasitis! #TalkingJazz past, present and what to expect in the future, with an equally delighted, Audrey Hall.

...and #HugeProps to Paul for #The Groove 'INNAPEACE', Hakim Jamal © Paul Ashley Wheatcroft.

Contact and Follow Audrey Hall:

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'Perfect pop songs for a more daring and experimental age' is how they are described, and we find it's true as Leee swaps stories with Audrey Hall from the early days of Imagination to his magnificent 40th Anniversary Tour today. 

Leee John came to the world’s attention with his group Imagination - one of the most unique, genre defining and flamboyant soul groups of the past three decades. With hits such as 'Body Talk', 'In And Out Of Love', 'Flashback', 'In The Heat Of The Night' and 'Just An Illusion', millions of singles were sold internationally and Imagination went platinum worldwide, with sales in excess of 30 million albums.

Leee's mother instilled deep community values within him, and from the days of Junior Murvin's 'Police & Thieves', to the impressive inventory of top-drawer projects as solo artist, songwriter and performer, actor and recently film producer, to Steve McQueen's film 'Red, White & Blue' from the award winning Small Axe trilogy, we find Leee still relevant, with nothing to prove, but plenty to say... heading back on stage celebrating over 40 years in the entertainment industry.

...and #HugeProps to Paul for #The Groove 'INNAPEACE', Hakim Jamal © Paul Ashley Wheatcroft.

Contact and Follow Audrey Hall:

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