Bobby Bradford, 'Jazz and the new Black man' (part one)

Master improvisor, composer, educator and legendary cornetist Bobby Bradford now 90 years old unpacks his stories and first hand experiences on the arc of jazz history from the perspectives of the musicians themselves. 

In part one, Bobby discusses his early days, and the evolving artistic identity of the new black man and early impact of Ornette Coleman and John Carter also from Texas who he later worked with in Los Angeles. Bradford expands on the new directions of the music as linked to the historical expansion of jazz music from it's beginnings in New Orleans. He provides a cogent peak into the philosophy, psychology and social context which produced some of the most innovative music of the 20th century. 

Bobby relates his own work to the legacies of Armstrong, Parker, Coleman and Coltrane as a conscious evolution of the Black American voice of freedom and art of Jazz music.