Music is a reservoir... of sounds.
When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition.
Bebop is the music of the future (as soon as they learn how to play it).
What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it.
In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.
When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem.