Jazz Stroud presents a talk on UK Jazz with André Marmot, author of a new book entitled ‘Unapologetic Expression: The Inside Story of the UK Jazz Explosion’.
André Marmot has been active in the music industry for the last 15 years as a booking agent, promoter, musician and label owner. His book reaches back to the roots of jazz as the ‘unapologetic expression’ of oppressed peoples, shaped by the forces of slavery, imperialism and globalisation, André Marmot places this new wave within the wider context of a divided, postcolonial Britain navigating its identity in a new world order. These artists have crafted a sound which reflects the nation as it is today – a sound connected to the very origins of jazz itself.
