Music is a reservoir... of sounds.
Bebop is the music of the future (as soon as they learn how to play it).
In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.
If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something.
Jazz is a beautiful word. I love it.
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.