Jazz is restless. It won't stay put & it never will.

That Yes, I know what you mean-that is the technical definition of Best Friend Forever.

In those days before hearing Charlie Parker and Dizzy, and before learning of the so-called bebop era--by the way, I have some thoughts about that word, "bebop"--my first jazz hero ever, jazz improvisor hero, was Lester Young. I was a big "Lester Young-oholic," and all of my buddies were Lester Young-oholics. We'd get together and dissect, analyze, discuss, and listen to Lester Young's solos for hours and hours and hours. He was our god.

There will never come a time when you don't have to practice

My boyfriend dumped me. My best friend won't talk to me. My future is in a garbage can. Everything has turned to crap. Can you please just let me be a sullen teenager. just this once

Jazz is restless. It won't stay put & it never will.

Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions.