Word: jazzing
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...become Carson's Carnac the Magnificent). He discovered or introduced talents like Don Knotts, Bill Dana and Tom Poston, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme. He gave Elvis Presley his first national TV exposure, even before Ed Sullivan. He was, as the obits reminded us, a renaissance man who played jazz piano, composed thousands of songs (but only one hit, "This Could Be the Start of Something Big"), wrote a couple of dozen books and even dabbled in politics. Though a lifelong liberal - a union man to the end, opponent of the death penalty and nuclear proliferation - in recent years...
During a question and answer session, Marsalis said many young people do not listen to jazz because it is part of a marginalized culture...
...second half of Marsalis' lecture was spent discussing jazz music as the "music of democracy." Taking advantage of the Boston Arts Band, Marsalis recreated his first jazz lesson...
...gave each young musician a brief lesson, stressing each instrument's unique aspects and concluded with a discussion of communication and democracy in jazz...
...supposed to listen to each other in jazz," he said. "What you discard and what you elevate will determine your identity...