kpcc: Aftershocks

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Take Two’s Alex Cohen with Kamasi Washington laugh with the audience at Grand Performances’ “Aftershocks” on Saturyday July 25, 2015

On Tuesday August 11,  Take Two will host a live broadcast from the South L.A. neighborhood of Watts, 50 years after the riots. 

On Tuesday August 11,  Take Two will host a live broadcast from the South L.A. neighborhood of Watts, 50 years after the riots. 

But Los Angeles has been remembering the events of 1965 — dubbed the worst race riots in America — in many ways, including through music and the arts

Grand Performances staged a series of special concerts called 'Aftershocks' - and Take Two provided the pre-show conversation. 

On Saturday July 25, Alex Cohen sat down with jazz musician Kamasi Washington before his set "65 to 92: The Rhythm Changes But the Struggle Remains." He was joined by Shana Redmond, author of "Anthem: Social Movements and the Sounds of Solidarity in the African Diaspora" and Povi-Tamu Bryant, coordinator with #blacklivesmatter, Los Angeles. 

Click on the blue bar above to hear an excerpt of the conversation. Listen to the rest of the "downSTAGE with Take Two" Aftershocks series below.

Wattstax Revisted: Memories of the Wattstax musical festival with Tim Watkins and Lucien "Fiyeh" Smith.

Watts 50: Exploring social movements through hip hop and archive form the Watts riots with hip hop duo, Dead Prez and Mark Torres from the Pacifica Radio Archives.

The Last Jimmy: An examination of African American men and mass incarceration with Karl "Dice Raw" Jenkins and Phillip Brown, creators of the hip hop musical "The Last Jimmy."