For me it's the high-water mark of American culture - not so much contemporary jazz, which has become kind of academic, but the jazz from the '20s on through the '70s.
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I find early jazz to be the most revolutionary music of its time.
One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.
Jazz, of course, is our heritage. Jazz is a culture, it's not a fad. It's up to us to see to it that it stays alive.
Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.
The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
Jazz was the pop music of its day, and all American popular music has stemmed from it one way or another.
What I love about jazz is that it's full of legends, full of myths. It's an oral history because it started in New Orleans and Kansas City, under the radar.
Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to 20th century America.
Jazz is an art that takes decades to appreciate and understand.
Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.
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