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Jazz: ...the importance of jazz

Just imagine. Different co-workers every day. Everyone is new, from colleagues to management and shareholders. New expectations and goals every 24 hours. A kind of “super job rotation”. Unbelievable? In jazz this is called a jam session. Playing with strangers. Not knowing what will happen next.

The original definition of the word “jazz” is a bit of a slight to musicians. “Jazz” originally meant something like "mess", but what it sounds like is “tidy, well-defined.” Almost as if it's written out note-for-note. You often hear enchanting improvisations, thanks to the special “rules of the game” and the flexible and inventive attitude of the musicians.

In 1942 the renowned jazz giant Duke Ellington was in attendance at the birth of this tradition. During the Second World War the jam sessions in New York caused an uproar.

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