blues

jazz

revolution

nationality

American

occupation / innovator as

composer

bandleader

trumpet

trumpeter

Jazz musician

scientific organization

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

conductor

race / ethnicity

African American

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is a form of music that never lets tragedy have the last word.

We're blues people. And blues never lets tragedy have the last word.

is an art form that can give us a painless way of understanding ourselves.

is the art of negotiation: A group of people come together and use instruments to have a conversation and it is the negotiation of all their different expressions – madness, joy, pain, sorrow, nonchalance – that makes the music.

is often started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change.

Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change.

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