keyplyr..

a rereading of this thread clearly indicates the "anger" and, indeed arrogance emitting from your end and not Mr Cheesemans !

You sound like one of those guys that harps about jazz and secretly wishes he could play some !

Bob Young...

I number among my friends several Jazz players of national and indeed international reknown.
I can promise you that not one of them has ever uttered the words "Jazz is Americas only true art form"...
They don't give a damn about what's first or who's first or who had what idea first or any of that crap.....
They only care about doing a good job musically.....they love the music...simple as that......

And Chuck...my point in the Picasso line was that alot of Jazz guys take the attitude that Jazz is holy...somehow more "important" than other forms of music..that's what I refer to as a "Be-Bop" attitude...just like art purists....
My advice is..quit thinking, and play something !

Bob Young