“I know jazz is completely un-American. But the reason why America doesn't like it is because it's not funny. We [americans] have made jazz funny.” KnowsMadeReasonAmericaJazzReason Why Author:Paul Provenza
“What happens when an art form becomes ambiguous, I think, is that the standards are lowered. You can say anything is jazz. So I think it's important to reflect on what made jazz so special.” ThinkingArtMadeImportantHappensFormSpecialStandardsJazzSay AnythingAmbiguous Author:Stefon Harris
“Fitzgerald could sense that America was poised on the edge of a vast transformation, and wrote a novel bridging his moment and ours. The Great Gatsby made manifest precisely what Fitzgerald’s contemporaries couldn’t bear to see, and thus it is not only the Jazz Age novel par excellence, but also the harbinger of its decline and fall.” MadeMomentsAgeAmericaFallNovelBearsTransformationJazzExcellenceEdgesManifestDeclineHarbingerJazz Age Book:Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby Source: Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby