Jazz will endure as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains

John Philip Sousa
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When Duke Ellington said that jazz will endure as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains, he was saying that it’s not about the music itself. Instead, people listen to jazz because they like the beat and the sound of it. When people want to dance they want to dance to jazz because it’s fun to move to the rhythm of the music while you are out on the dance floor. This is why Duke Ellington said that jazz will endure as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.

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