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I travel up and down the country and i've been all around the middle of america for many years. middle america is not one big mass of people with a proverbial beer in its hand, keeping the country down. that is not my experience of it and i don't labor under that misconception. and we have a long tradition of coming together through music in our country.
-Wynton Marsalis
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I Travel Up And Down The Country

Wynton Marsalis
I travel up and down the country and i've been all around the middle of america for many years. middle america is not one big mass of people with a proverbial beer in its hand, keeping the country down. that is not my experience of it and i don't labor under that misconception. and we have a long tradition of coming together through music in our country.
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