Negro Music And Culture Are Intrinsically Improvisational,

So, Rap Has That Quality, For Youth Anyway; It's A Kind Of Blues Element. It's Physical, Almost Gymnastic. It Speaks To You Organically. Rap Grows Out Of What Young People Really Are Today, Not Only Black Youth, But White - Everybody.

A Whole Generation Of Young Whites Have Involved Themselves With Traditional Negro Music.

It Was A Particularly Interesting And Exciting Time, And The European Political And Artistic Establishment Was Turned On By The Civil Rights Movement And The Artistic Revolution That Was Becoming A Part Of Jazz.

I Find That Here In The States, Audiences Are Generally Less Knowledgeable, From The Cognitive Point Of View, Though They Are Emotionally More Receptive.

You Get A Show Where People Are Jumping Up And Dancing, But It's Not A Critical Event In The Sense Of Profound Catharsis. Essentially It's Celebratory.