One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community.
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The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don't listen. They come by it honestly, Americans don't listen anyway. When people go to concerts, they say I'm going to see... not, I'm going to hear.Branford Marsalis
Pop doesn't really look back. It can't. What makes pop work is simplicity.
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Now that we've actually stepped it up to the point where we're playing really sophisticated music, it's very difficult for people to follow.
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It's hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a pop focus, if there's no buzz, there's no interest.
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New Orleans is probably the only city in America that has its own culture. There are things you can't find anyplace but there.
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A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format.
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