A Love Supreme August 17 2026 Part 1

This edition of A Love Supreme explores jazz’s enduring connection to social justice, freedom, resistance and hope. From the uncompromising voices of Nina Simone and Abbey Lincoln to contemporary artists including Nduduzo Makhathini, Ezra Collective, Ego Ella May and Nicholas Payton, the program traces how generations of musicians have used jazz to confront injustice while imagining something better. Along the way, Charles Lloyd, Yusef Lateef, Terence Blanchard, Esperanza Spalding, Kamasi Washington and others remind us that this music has always been about more than notes and rhythm—it is a vehicle for identity, community and change. Moving from the civil-rights era to a new generation of politically engaged artists, A Love Supreme offers three hours of adventurous, deeply soulful music that speaks to its moment while carrying forward jazz’s long tradition of struggle, liberation and joy.