Margo Jefferson quoteMargo Jefferson [1947-0]
American Critic
Quote rank: 214
| Like dancers with choreography or actors with scripts, jazz singers could take material that was known, even loved, then risk interpreting and revising it. They could conceal even as they revealed themselves. Inflection, timing and tonality were their language, at least as much as words. |
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