'It is no wonder that so much of the search for identity among American Negroes was championed by Jazz musicians. When life itself offers no order and meaning, the musician creates an order and meaning from the sounds of the earth which flow through his instrument.' 'Modern Jazz has continued in this tradition, singing the songs of a more complicated urban existence.
The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize that they take the hardest realities of life and put them into music, only to come out with some new hope or sense of triumph.
He has endowed his creatures with the capacity to create-and from this capacity has flowed the sweet songs of sorrow and joy that have allowed man to cope with his environment and many different situations.' 'God has wrought many things out of oppression.