Louis Armstrong Is Jazz. He Represents What

For Black People, We're One Of The Only Groups Of People That For Some Reason To Express Love Of Yourself, In Some Ways, Is Misconstrued As A Dislike For Someone Else.

What Takes Its Place Is Very Dry Education. And The Tools That Actually Can Teach You - Singing And Playing, Learning How To Participate With Other People, Spiritual Richness - Are Replaced With A Big Emphasis On How To Memorize Things. That's Such An Incomplete Education. Survival Of The Fittest Used To Mean Being Bigger And Stronger.

The Rebuilding Of New Orleans Is An Important Point In The History Of The United States.

Jazz Celebrates Older Generations And Not Just The Youth Movement. When You "sell" Only To People Of A Certain Age, You Get Cut Off From The Main Body Of Experience. The Power Of Couple Dancing And Courtship, It's Elegant, And You Wouldn't Realize America Was Once A Nation Of Dancers And Singers Today. People Of All Races Could Dance And Sing.

New Orleans - The Real New Orleans - Is The Soul Of The Country.