My thing is, once you start to put a backbeat on your music or somethi…

Wynton Marsalis
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My thing is, once you start to put a backbeat on your music or something that has a machine in it, you have popularity, but you lose the flexibility. And you lose a richness. ✨ Wynton Marsalis Toots His Own Horn. Interview with Miles Marshall Lewis, www.ebony.com. October 8, 2013.
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My thing is, once you start to put a backbeat on your music or something that has a machine in it, you have popularity, but you lose the flexibility. And you lose a richness. ✨ Wynton Marsalis Toots His Own Horn. Interview with Miles Marshall Lewis, www.ebony.com. October 8, 2013.

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