Don't Let You Mind Wander

Improvisation Was The Blood And Bone Of Jazz, And In The Classic, New Orleans Jazz It Was Collective Improvisation In Which Each Performer, Seemingly Going His Own Melodic Way, Played In Harmony, Dissonance, Or Counterpoint With The Improvisations Of His Colleagues. Quite Unlike Ragtime, Which Was Written Down In Many Cases By Its Composers And Could Be Repeated Note For Note (if Not Expression For Expression) By Others, Jazz Was A Performer's Not A Composer's Art.

The Art Snob Can Be Recognized In The Home By The Quick Look He Gives The Pictures On Your Walls, Quick But Penetrating, As Though He Were Undressing Them. This Is Followed Either By Complete And Pained Silence Or A Comment Such As 'that's Really A Very Pleasant Little Water Color You Have There.

I'd Love To Ask How Old You Are, But Unfortunately I Know You Can't Count That High.

I'd Agree With You, But Then We'd Both Be Wrong.

If You Took An Iq Test, The Results Would Be Negative.