Jazz is the only lever used by all the riffraff of Tram 83 to switch social class as one would subway cars.

Fiston Mwanza Mujila
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Jazz music is a unique art form that has evolved from African rhythms to become a worldwide phenomenon. Also, because of the wide variety of musicians and styles that it encompasses, jazz can be heard in many different contexts and for many different purposes. Jazz has been used to express the unbridled joy of love, the agony of loss, and the pain of betrayal. It is a musical language that can be spoken only by the poor and the oppressed.

Source: Tram 83

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