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When You're Artistic Director Of A Program, You Present The Music You Want To Present.

Our Society Has Gotten To The Point Where We Might Soon Become Less And Less Shocked By Any Kind Of Violence.

Above All Else, [benny Goodman] Was A Great Player, One Of The Greatest American Music Has Produced. He Brought His Absolute Talent And His Invincible Love Of Music To The Fore Every Time He Played. There Are Many Other Things Connected To Society And Ethnicity That Are Often Mentioned In A Discussion Of Benny Goodman But All Of Them Are Connected To His Overwhelming Affection For The Art Of The Music And The Fairness It Should Be Allowed To Express.

But The Myth Of Violent Solutions As The Ultimate Solutions Maintains Itself In Much Of Popular Media.

I Wanted To Get To That Aesthetic Proposition That Comes Out Of Learning The Human Elements Of A World, So That Those Notes And Rhythms Mean Something To You Besides Just The Academic Way In Which They Fall In Place.