They are very serious about what they're doing and who they are as musicians. They are also serious about being responsible people in the community. They go beyond just holding the horn and playing. Jazz has long since left the back rooms and alleys of our communities. It has taken the concert stage and more.
Jazz now has a place in the communities.
Like-minded people tend to gather together. When you hear or play jazz and direct your energies toward the music, you don't think of war and crime and all those things that debilitate hearts. Time on its one way course is moving indefatigably ever forward. It either takes you with it, or leaves you behind. You have to keep an open mind.