Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved. “Most of all, with Negroes constituting just 10 percent of the population, you needed support in white America. No trio did as much as Duke, Satchmo, and the Count to set the table for the insurrection by opening white America's ears and souls to the grace of their music and their personalities, demonstrating the virtues of Black artistry and Black humanity”
The Jazzmen - Larry Tye
The Jazzmen - Larry Tye
The Jazzmen - Larry Tye
Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved. “Most of all, with Negroes constituting just 10 percent of the population, you needed support in white America. No trio did as much as Duke, Satchmo, and the Count to set the table for the insurrection by opening white America's ears and souls to the grace of their music and their personalities, demonstrating the virtues of Black artistry and Black humanity”