3. The Beginning

4. Louis Armstrong

5. Django Reinhardt

6. The Soloist’s Voice

7. Transcriptions

9. A Disgrace to Jazz? “It bugs me when people try to analyze jazz as an intellectual theorem. It’s not. It’s a feeling.” --Bill Evans People who use terms like “the Chicagoans” or “New Orleans-Style”—I despise that stuff. I get so disgusted that you have to be from one particular part of the country to play good jazz.” --Pee Wee Russell

10. “Jazz Music is the Power of Now”

11. Lester Young has 9,115 “likes” on Facebook Benny Goodman has 55,651 “likes” John Coltrane has 550,072 “likes”

12. Acknowledgements Hal McKusick James Earle Therese Lichtenstein Adam Judd My Parents and Nikki Betuel Dale Scott Leslie Wells All of my friends Everyone who came today Ross School