“The musicians, Duke Ellington, his thing was not about separating himself from the rest of America. Louis Armstrong – go to the forefathers of our music – Jelly Roll Morton – they’re not preaching a separatist agenda. They’re not taking their music and saying, “This is for me.””

“The musicians, Duke Ellington, his thing was not about separating himself from the rest of America. Louis Armstrong – go to the forefathers of our music – Jelly Roll Morton – they’re not preaching a separatist agenda. They’re not taking their music and saying, “This is for me.””

— Wynton Marsalis