‘Jazz is a Very Democratic Musical Form’ — Max Roach Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Literary Tee — Muscle Tank

“Jazz is a very democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty.” Max Roach — who helped invent bebop in the 1940s and cut We Insist! Freedom Now Suite in 1960 — held this as a standing conviction. He heard the bandstand as a working model of democracy: each instrument sovereign, each player accountable to the whole, beauty made by the balance between them.

**Bella+Canvas 3483 — Muscle Tank (Black only for now, Color finish).** A white option isn’t available from our printer at the moment — we’ll add it the moment it is. 100% combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 30 singles. Unisex muscle fit, crew neck, cut-off sleeves, wide armholes, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold with like colors, tumble dry low, no bleach, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).