Wynton Marsalis has been at the forefront of jazz since the '80s. In 2009, the multi-Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter, composer, band leader and the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center played a private party at the White House in honour of America's then-newly inaugurated President Obama.
Fast forward to last Wednesday — the inauguration of the U.S. President Joe Biden — when Marsalis joined Tom Power on CBC Radio's q to talk about politics, the connection between jazz and social change, and what he meant when he said that "jazz is the perfect metaphor for democracy."
He also talks about the '60s segregation and where he drew the inspiration for his latest album The Democracy! Suite.
