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it ain't as hard as picking cotton

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The thing in jazz that will get Bix Beiderbecke out of his bed at two o’clock in the morning, pick that cornet up and practice into the pillow for ano...more

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Today you go into make a modern recording with all this technology. The bass plays first, then the drums come in later, then they track the trumpet an...more

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Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition and requires a lot of th...more

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I noticed that religion gave some people a way to escape dealing with the world: “Things will be better when you die,” the people of my grandma’s gene...more