KCCK's Soundtrack to the Struggle

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February 13, 2026 Soundtrack to the Struggle – The Wrong Place for the Right People
In the 1930s, Midtown Manhattan clubs were packed with the bourgeoisie, tuxes and evening gowns, tables and banquettes of rich white people drinking champagne, often entertained by Black performers borrowed from the Harlem music scene. It was putting on the ritz, it was dancing cheek to cheek. ‘Same-colored’ cheeks. It was the embodiment of the phrase ‘café society‘, …
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February 12, 2026 Soundtrack to the Struggle – Southern Trees Bear “Strange Fruit”
In her short life, Billie Holiday performed with a type of genius that is still imitated by singers today. She was best known for sad songs about heartache and pain from losing love. One thing people don’t say about Billie Holiday was that she was a protest singer. While there was plenty to sing about, …
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February 11, 2026 Soundtrack to the Struggle – The Zoot Suit Riots
In June 1943 Los Angeles erupted. Mobs of servicemen, off-duty police, and civilians attack young Latinos, Blacks, and other people of color. Any man wearing a “zoot suit” is fair game. The zoot suit had its origins in Jazz. Oversized and baggy, with wide shoulders and lapels, loose-fitting pants and tailored cuffs, they were wildly …
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February 10, 2026 Soundtrack to the Struggle – Lil Hardin Armstrong Steps Out
It’s September, 1924, and Lil Hardin Armstrong gives her husband, Louis Armstrong, a makeover. She teaches him how to dress for success, and she pushes him to be more of a showman. Then, she persuades the new Louis Armstrong to leave the security of King Oliver’s band to form his first Hot Five. And while …
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February 06, 2026 Soundtrack to the Struggle – Ellington and Nixon: An Unexpected Party
On the evening of April 29th, 1969, President Richard Nixon and Duke Ellington stood together in the Easter Room in the White House. Nixon, along with an all-star cast of jazz legends including Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Dizzy Gillespie, and Gerry Mulligan spent a night honoring Ellington for his 70th birthday. Honoring the Duke for …
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February 05, 2026 Soundtrack to the Struggle – John Coltrane and Amiri Baraka
It’s July 17, 1967, and poet/activist Amiri Baraka whistles John Coltrane charts from his New Jersey jail cell. He’d been beaten and arrested for his part in Newark’s violent protests – the “rebellion,” as he called it. Music keeps his mind off the pain, and his ears distracted from the tanks rolling in the streets …
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February 04, 2026 Soundtrack to the Struggle – The Trial of Betty Boop
It’s 1934, and performer Helen Kane sues cartoonist Max Fleischer and this studio. Kane asserts that Fleischer appropriated her physical characteristics, her “baby vamp” performance mannerisms, and squeaky “boop-boop” scat style for Fleischer’s character Betty Boop. Fleischer holds his ground. At the trial, before the New York Supreme Court, he testifies that his true inspiration …
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February 03, 2026 Soundtrack to the Struggle – John Coltrane in Nagasaki
In July 1966, the great jazz saxophonist John Coltrane embarked on a tour of Japan with his wife Alice Coltrane and the rest of his band. When they arrived at Tokyo airport Coltrane was shocked by the hundreds of fans who welcomed them. Coltrane and some other US jazz musicians had a massive following in both …
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February 03, 2026 Soundtrack to the Struggle – John Coltrane and Amiri Baraka
It’s July 17, 1967, and poet/activist Amiri Baraka whistles John Coltrane charts from his New Jersey jail cell. He’d been beaten and arrested for his part in Newark’s violent protests – the “rebellion,” as he called it. Music keeps his mind off the pain, and his ears distracted from the tanks rolling in the streets …
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February 02, 2026 Soundtrack to the Struggle – MLK in Berlin
“This is triumphant music.” In 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. penned an essay concerning the significance of jazz at the request of the organizers of the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival. The lineup of the 1964 Festival included: Meade Lux Lewis; The Miles Davis Quintet; the Coleman Hawkins-Harry Edison Swing All-Stars featuring Jimmy Rushing; Sister Rosetta …
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How many episodes does KCCK's Soundtrack to the Struggle have?

The podcast currently has 101 episodes available.