You’re naked in front of the world and you’re free. It’s like when your trousers are down by your ankles.
That means you’ve got to stand up and be yourself. She was telling me that she asked Wayne (Shorter), “What is the meaning of jazz?” And Wayne said, “I dare you.” I thought that was really cool.
“I was talking about this recently with Cindy Blackman. Do you have a core principle that has guided you through all of it? you’ve worked with so many other great bands, from Shakti to your most recent group, 4th Dimension. 1942) was asked by JazzTimes Jim Farber: “. I like jazz very much, and I am no doubt biased in its favor- at least to the extent of trying to find out what it is all about.” (bold not in original) I see no reason to maintain the melancholy pretense of absolute objectivity.
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Perhaps I should add that in Part Four, "The Jazz Age," rather than list a series of locations and personnels-work that has already been done-I tried to explore the fascinating but complex process by which jazz spreads. Jazz also has an ancient and honorable history, and this book is designed to deal with these varied questions. Further, jazz is a separate and distinct art, to be judged by separate and distinct standards, and comparisons are useful when they help to establish this point. There is good and bad jazz, and all shades between. Like other musics, however, jazz has its aesthetics and there are crucial qualitative differences. Jazz is a fact that should be faced and studied. Jazz has played a part, for better or worse, in forming the American character. Because of its all-pervasiveness it has a great influence on most of us.
Jazz is of tremendous importance for its quantity alone. The reason for this book is quite simple: people in the United States listen to and enjoy jazz or near-jazz more than any other music. “In this book, The Story of Jazz, I,, have tried not to treat jazz, or any other music, as holy.
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