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Jazz Music Is A Language Of The Emotions.

My Son's A Painter. All Through School His Teachers Tell Him He's A Genius. I Tell Him To Paint Me An Apple That Looks Like An Apple Before He Paints Me One That Doesn't. Go Where You Can Go, But Start From Someplace Recognizable.

Tastes Are Created By The Business Interests. How Else Can You Explain The Popularity Of Al Hirt?

I, Myself, Came To Enjoy The Players Who Didn't Only Just Swing But Who Invented New Rhythmic Patterns, Along With New Melodic Concepts. And Those People Are: Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie And Charles Parker, Who Is The Greatest Genius Of All To Me Because He Changed The Whole Era Around.

If Charlie Parker Were A Gunslinger, There'd Be A Whole Lot Of Dead Copycats