I never thought that the music called jazz was ever meant to reach jus…

Miles Davis
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I never thought that the music called jazz was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic. ✨ Miles Davis, Quincy Troupe (1990). Miles, p.205, Simon and Schuster
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I never thought that the music called jazz was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic. ✨ Miles Davis, Quincy Troupe (1990). Miles, p.205, Simon and Schuster

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