Mr. Somers goes back to The Creation of the World by Darius Milhaud to see how classical music and jazz first merged, even before Gerschwin. We listen to Dave Brubeck and Leonard Bernstein as they "trade fours" in their attempt to merge the forms. We finish our search for genius and improvisation with a jazz piece by Bill Smith, with eight movements, based on an old folk tune.

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