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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000004.txt from 2005/09

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote of the Day...A Tribute
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:51:51 -0400


"Improvisation was the blood and bone of jazz, and in the classic New=20
Orleans jazz, it was collective improvisation in which each performer, seem=
ingly=20
going his own melodic way, played in harmony, dissonance, or counterpoint w=
ith=20
the improvisations of his colleagues. Quite unlike ragtime, which was writt=
en=20
down in many cases by its composers and could be repeated note for note (if=
=20
not expression for expression) by others, jazz was a performer=E2=80=99s no=
t a=20
composer=E2=80=99s art."

-Russell Lynes (1910=E2=80=931991) U.S. editor, critic
=E2=80=9CFrom Ragtime to Riches,=E2=80=9D The Lively Audience: A Social His=
tory of the=20
Visual and Performing Arts in America =20

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