"Jazz music
celebrates life-human
life. The range of it.
The absurdity of it.
The ignorance of it.
The greatness of it.
The intelligence of it.
The sexuality of it.
The profundity of it.
And deals with it in
all of its... it deals
with it."
- Wynton Marsalis,
Jazz musician & composer
"It's the ultimate in
rugged individualism.
It's going out there
on that stage and
saying: It doesn't
matter how anybody
else did it. This is
how I'm going to do
it."
- Gary Giddins
Author, Jazz Critic
Jazz