Art Hodes discusses the term 'jazz'

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Art Hodes talks about learning the blues

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Art Hodes discusses reciprocity in his musical career

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Q: “No matter how much he wants to, a young black kid in Nebraska just isn’t going to have the chance to learn the blues as you did…”

A: “One of the saddest things I saw was a very good pianist, I think his name was Earl Washington, who was a nephew of Tatum's, coming to hear me every night because he'd missed that whole era. He was a younger man and he missed hearing it as he was growing up and he couldn't find another one of his race. Had come to hear me to catch what he had missed.”