"So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument."

Miroslav Vitous, Czechoslovakian Musician

Music, Fact, Jazz, Play

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"So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument."

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"So our ears got used to listening to jazz in the place that it was that the bass player could not play. No one really realized it and really addressed it until the bass players who could play their instrument came along and started doing something with it."

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