Understanding is the least important thing when it comes to digging jazzbecause, like anything else, jazz is a form of entertainment. It is created to be enjoyed, not understood like you read a blueprint.
Cannonball AdderleyI keep reverting (to Duke Ellington), he to me is the greatest ever and my favorite jazz philosopher, as such.
Cannonball AdderleyThere's no future without the past and anybody who doesn't really understand where jazz has come from has no right to try to direct where it's going.
Cannonball Adderley