Burns saw that like baseball and his former subject, the Civil War, jazz itself is a study of our culture. During a recent interview with Charlie Rose, Burns described the way jazz transcends racial and economic boundaries. Marsalis, himself one of history's most accomplished trumpeters, spoke passionately about the legendary Louis Armstrong, who changed the form from an ensemble effort into a soloist's paradise. I don't know how people get through life without jazz. Unlike visual, literary or performance art, music requires only that the audience listen for a while.
Heavenly music is heavenly.
There's noise for the sake of entertainment or background filler, and then there's Music. I think we'd find our friends and neighbors smiling on the fifteenth, and probably well into the month. New Orleans jazz is like a sultry night. Cannonball Adderly can knock off the deepest depression faster than a fistful of Prozac. Dixieland is so much better than caffeine in the morning.