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# Jazz as a Living Practice of Freedom
- URL: https://www.inthewake.tv/jazz-as-a-living-practice-of-freedom/
- Published: 2026-07-18T09:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-18T09:02:52.000Z
- Description: Jazz isn’t a museum piece—it’s a map of struggle and possibility.
- Author: IN THE WAKE TV 
- Tags: Jazz

**NEW YORK CITY** — At the 2026 [NYC Winter JazzFest](https://www.winterjazzfest.com/?ref=inthewake.tv), the performance *My Country ’Tis of Thee: Freedom Riders* transcended a typical musical set to become an invocation of memory and resistance.

Journalist [Melissa Rose Cooper ](https://melissarosecooper.com/?ref=inthewake.tv)sat down with instrumentalist [Tomoki Sanders ](https://www.tomokisanders.com/?ref=inthewake.tv)and composer [Adegoke Steve Colson ](https://www.facebook.com/colsonsmusic/)at [*(le) poisson rouge*](http://lpr.com/?ref=inthewake.tv) to explore how jazz functions as a tool for communal responsibility and liberation. Their dialogue reminds us that jazz is far from a museum piece—it is an active map of struggle and possibility.