In 1958, the great jazz musician Dave Brubeck played a series of jazz concerts in Poland. Poland at the time was under a communist regime, but things were starting to thaw: Jazz had been banned in 1949, but the ban was lifted in 1955.
One Polish journalist called Brubeck’s arrival “a breath of fresh air to local music lovers and jazz aficionados, hungry for live performances of original American jazz.” Crowds followed Brubeck and his band around.
In 2024, there should be another series of anti-communist jazz concerts — except, this time, they should be held in America.
Jazz, an original American art form, has always stood for meritocracy, free expression, personal excellence, and working with others in a cooperative and nonresentful setting. It’s the best of America and can help us reinforce the values that the Left has spent several decades trying to strip…
