"God has wrought many things out of oppression. He has endowed his creatures with the capacity to create and, from this capacity have flowed the sweet songs of sorrow and joy that have allowed man to cope with his environment in many situations. Jazz speaks of life. The blues tell the stories of life's difficulties and, if you will think for a moment, you will realize that they take the hardest realities of life and put them into music only to come out with some new hope or sense of triumph. This is triumphant music. Modern jazz has contributed to this tradition, singing the songs of a more complicated urban existence. When life itself offers no order and meaning from the sounds of earth