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

“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.

**AS Colour 5082 “Faded Bone” — Oversized Tee (Cream finish).** 100% carded cotton, heavyweight 240 gsm, garment-dyed — each tee fades a little differently, so no two are identical. Oversized, boxy relaxed fit, dropped shoulders, wide twin-stitched ribbed neck, side-seamed, pre-shrunk (size down for a less roomy look). Care: machine wash cold inside-out with like colors, do NOT bleach, do NOT tumble dry (line dry in the shade to protect the garment dye), cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).