Fame and Glory Due

...to all jazzmen and women everywhere There are those who improvise within a structure, with four beats to the bar, or down home blues, melodies and harmonies which stay within the fold, embellishing the tune how e'er they choose. Then there are cats who improvise to their own drummer, inventing sheets of sound no ear has heard, who bounce off one another, and break off from the norm, Sun Ra's Arkestra, Sonny Stitt and Bird. They wrote a new agenda, redistributing the forms, inventing broader schemes of interplay, as Jazz became a melting pot of signatures and styles, through Ragtime, Big Band, Bop, until today. America's indigenous expression, born here, appreciated everywhere, let us be proud of all these marvelous musicians who bring fame and glory for us all to share!