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Interchange – One Blues Invisible: Ralph Ellison’s Pledge

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:04 — 42.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday we pledge allegiance to what Ralph Ellison called a sorrowful laughter for all, and we open with “Waitin’ for Benny” a jam session from 1941 featuring jazz and swing guitarist Charlie Christian, an artist who, like Ellison, discovered the New World of Jazz in Oklahoma City. …

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