We're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz?

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Like a layer on a pearl, you can't specifically identify the irritant, the moment of...

Like a layer on a pearl, you can't specifically identify the irritant, the moment of...

In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more...

In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more...

I think my expectations for myself are much more severe and much more direct. You...

I think my expectations for myself are much more severe and much more direct. You...

You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you...

You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you...

I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start...

I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start...

History's just been made for sale to an inside deal.

History's just been made for sale to an inside deal.

Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted...

Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted...

A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm.

A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm.

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of...

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of...

One of the things I really like about Ford's films is how there is always...

One of the things I really like about Ford's films is how there is always...

You know, you meet some people, and do a lot of interviews, and you come...

You know, you meet some people, and do a lot of interviews, and you come...

The stories from 1975 on are not finished and there is no resolve. I could...

The stories from 1975 on are not finished and there is no resolve. I could...

When you are editing, the final master is Aristotle and his poetics. You might have...

When you are editing, the final master is Aristotle and his poetics. You might have...

In a sense I've made the same film over and over again. In all of...

In a sense I've made the same film over and over again. In all of...

I enjoy total creative control right now. Nobody tells me to make it longer, shorter,...

I enjoy total creative control right now. Nobody tells me to make it longer, shorter,...

Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to...

Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to...

I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were...

I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were...

I grew up certain for a while that I was going to be an anthropologist,...

I grew up certain for a while that I was going to be an anthropologist,...

The flame is not out, but it is flickering.

The flame is not out, but it is flickering.

I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment...

I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment...