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The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note. The other is the two-beat groove. It's in New Orleans music, it's in jazz, it's in country music, it's in gospel.

Wynton Marsalis
Running, Country, New Orleans
"Marsalis: Racism and greed put blues at the back of the bus". Interview, edition.cnn.com. October 24, 2009.
The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note. The other is the two-beat groove. It's in New Orleans music, it's in jazz, it's in country music, it's in gospel.