... by jazz music. Many similarities have been drawn between the musician and the writer. As both make art, many individuals have progressed or alternated between one medium and another. Writer Ralph Ellison is one who began his adult career as a trumpet player, but then switched to writing as his primary passion; although his art still perseveres as an embodiment of musical homage ... I Do to Be so Black and Blue"-all at the same time.... Invisibility, let me explain, gives one a slightly different sense of time, you're never quite on the beat (Ellison 7-8). Jazz is an offspring of a long ...

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