Unlike other forms of popular music, jazz is a product of where artists are from. Each jazz musician's sound is flavored by their environment and surrounding culture. It's unavoidable. Louis Armstrong had a joyful New Orleans sound, Dizzy Gillespie had the arch flavor of New York, Chet Baker had a relaxed West Coast feel and Howard McGhee had a tough, a…
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