Undebatable (Malcolm X at 100) [instrumental]

This is the instrumental version of my small but heartfelt tribute to one of my heroes, el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, better known to the world as Malcolm X, on what would have been his 100th B'Earthday, on May 19, 2025. This is the original music I composed and arranged to accompany a speech excerpt from Malcolm's portion of the annual Oxford [university] Union Debate that occurred on December 3rd, 1964–a little over two months before his tragic assassination. So naturally, it is one of his last speeches, but especially from the time that his philosophies departed from that of his former association with the Nation of Islam, where Malcolm became more inclusive and outreaching to people of all backgrounds, in aims of both unifying people of the African diaspora and fighting for ALL of humanity to have justice, equality, and liberation, though still being no less revolutionary than he was at his core. This is a rare straight-ahead Jazz instrumental from me, so truly a collector's item!