JAZZ is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans,
United States. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed in roots of ragtime and
blues. Since the 1920's. JAZZ has been recognized as a major form of musical expression.
The BLUES, an African-American derived music form that recognized the pain of lost love and
injustice and gave expressions to the victory of outlasting the pains of a broken heart and adversity.
It was born in the south in the 1800's evolving from hymns, worksongs and field hollers --music to
accompany spiritual, work and social functions. BLUES is the foundation of JAZZ as well as the source of rhythm and blues, and later on, rock and roll, and country music.
Television was something new in the 1960's and very few families have one, so it was everybody's
dream during those times. There were only 5 TV stations to choose from and most movies shown
were Hollywood reruns from the 1940's and 1950's. And this movie was the very first one that I
watched on TV, shown in black and white, and also played on Merry Melodies Cartoons.
But what really got me into JAZZ was seeing my favorite gunslinger and Dirty Harry cop playing
the piano instead of shooting down villains. He performed "After Hours" live at the Carnegie Hall
and blues improvisations in C on Marian McPartland's radio show.
I do believe that music is the greatest expression of one's inner soul. Its a God-given gift that
everyone wants to have but only a few possess. The likes of Clint are rare ...but he chose to play
for the crowd playing Dirty Harry and Western gunfighters. Its a rarely known that he also is a
good musician composing the musical score for some movies he directed, namely, Mystic River,
Million Dollar Baby, Flags of Our Fathers, Grace is Gone, Chageling,, J. Edgar Hoover, Hereafter,
and original composition for the movie, In Line of Fire.
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