Doug Emhoff, First Jazz Fan
The second gentleman gets the beauty and meaning of the genre.
Whatever its shortcomings, American society has made two unquestionably great contributions to the world: jazz and constitutional democracy. But the two rarely interact.
The typical political attitude toward music is exemplified by Richard Nixon’s declaration, “If the music is square, it’s because I like it square!” Bill Clinton. Barack Obama but stuck to basics such as . Jimmy Carter’s to the avant-garde pianist Cecil Taylor represents a rare exception to this history of bland musical taste.
