"Prez has the technical anxieties of a money-making musician, he's the only one
who's well dressed, see him grow worried when he blows a clinker; but the leader;
that cool cat, tells him not to worry and just blow and blow-the mere sound and
serious exuberance of the music is all he cares about....Now the others dig!!!
-Jack Kerouac, On the Road, 1955
The language in this excerpt reflects the culture of -
The Harlem Renaissance
The Beat Generation
The Lost Generation
Tin Pan Alley