[Long ago, in his biography of seminal jazz composer Jelly Roll Morton, my great-uncle Alan Lomax equated the city's contribution to American music with Florence's involvement in the arts of the Renaissance. But it was another city in Italy that seems closer to the mark now.] We've lost our city, ... I fear it's potentially like Pompeii. Marc Morial
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![[Long ago, in his biography of seminal jazz composer Jelly Roll Morton, my great-uncle Alan Lomax equated the city's contribution to American music with Florence's involvement in the arts of the Renaissance. But it was another city in Italy that seems closer to the mark now.] We've lost our city, ... I fear it's potentially like Pompeii. - Marc Morial Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W0xvbmcgYWdvLCBpbiBoaXMgYmlvZ3JhcGh5IG9mIHNlbWluYWwgamF6eiBjb21wb3NlciBKZWxseSBSb2xsIE1vcnRvbiwgbXkgZ3JlYXQtdW5jbGUgQWxhbiBMb21heCBlcXVhdGVkIHRoZSBjaXR5J3MgY29udHJpYnV0aW9uIHRvIEFtZXJpY2FuIG11c2ljIHdpdGggRmxvcmVuY2UncyBpbnZvbHZlbWVudCBpbiB0aGUgYXJ0cyBvZiB0aGUgUmVuYWlzc2FuY2UuIEJ1dCBpdCB3YXMgYW5vdGhlciBjaXR5IGluIEl0YWx5IHRoYXQgc2VlbXMgY2xvc2VyIHRvIHRoZSBtYXJrIG5vdy5dIFdlJ3ZlIGxvc3Qgb3VyIGNpdHksIC4uLiBJIGZlYXIgaXQncyBwb3RlbnRpYWxseSBsaWtlIFBvbXBlaWkuIA==&author=ICBNYXJjIE1vcmlhbCAgICA=&num=13 "[Long ago, in his biography of seminal jazz composer Jelly Roll Morton, my great-uncle Alan Lomax equated the city's contribution to American music with Florence's involvement in the arts of the Renaissance. But it was another city in Italy that seems closer to the mark now.] We've lost our city, ... I fear it's potentially like Pompeii. - Marc Morial Quotes")