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The secret of jazz The Apostle Paul wrote again and again that salvation isn't about following the rules. We aren't going to find secular salvation today through observing the rules of yesterday. Alas, they are mainly what colleges teach. The best clue to what path to follow is hidden in our jazz.
Apple Computer is jazz, McDonald's is jazz, DreamWorks is jazz, the Super Bowl is jazz, comic books are jazz, block parties are jazz, bass-fishing derbies are jazz, the Williams sisters are jazz, Tiger Woods is jazz.
Over in China, the revered Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuous music school on the planet, can't even believe the principles of jazz are real! That with enough courage and trust in yourself, you can hear a piece of music once, and ring dazzling changes on it forever and ever.
They can't duplicate our jazz.
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He is not showing jazz music the respect it deserves by saying this.
His whole essay could be reduced to one paragraph.
The people he sites had great talent and/or worked very very hard.
Many people have reached great hights through education too.
School is not the only way to learn. Big deal.
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