The whole reason for Jazz at the Philharmonic was to take it to places where I could break down segregation.
I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it.
For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind.
Jazz was uplifted by what I did.
The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz.
