Many Of Our Greatest Musicians Abandoned All

Nothing Else Will Ever Capture The Democratic Process In Sound As Perfectly As Jazz.

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

Because The Blues Is The Basis Of Most American Music In The 20th Century. It's A 12-bar Form That's Played By Jazz, Bluegrass And Country Musicians. It Has A Rhythmic Vocabulary That's Been Used By Rock N' Roll. It's Related To Spirituals, And Even The American Fiddle Tradition.

Benny Goodman's Band Was Integrated Before Baseball. Even Before It Was Physically Integrated, Music Was Integrated. Everyone Listened To Armstrong And Ellington. The 20s Was Called The Jazz Age. It's Part Of Being American.

Jazz Music Is The Power Of Now. There Is No Script. It's Conversation. The Emotion Is Given To You By Musicians As They Make Split-second Decisions To Fulfill What They Feel The Moment Requires.