When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition.
I hope we left you with something to put under your pillows.
Jazz to me is a living music.
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. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem.
In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.