Dave Brubeck took jazz behind Iron Curtain, and so much more.
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“I am convinced,” he wrote in the New York Times magazine after returning from the tour, “that the effect of jazz on people is more profound than our serious music.” Brubeck continued: “The form and notes of a symphony are fixed … but jazz is another matter. Musically, by its very nature, it is the most creative, freest and most democratic form of expression I know.”