(JAZZ) In our current cultural climate, the word "civilized" is not popular. But the word does have a meaning and use. For example, the rapper Method Man is not civilized, whereas the
Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson certainly is civilized. The difference is this: Oscar Peterson's art is the product of long study, years of practice, a lifetime of labor.
He is a total master, and the piano obeys all of his musical commands. Method Man does not have the depth, the tradition, the grounding of Peterson. (
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