Jazz as a Living Practice of Freedom
Jazz isn’t a museum piece—it’s a map of struggle and possibility.
NEW YORK CITY — At the 2026 NYC Winter JazzFest, 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 sat down with instrumentalist Tomoki Sanders and composer Adegoke Steve Colson at (le) poisson rouge 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.
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