“Miloš je izuzetan jazz umetnik, koji je obavio magistarske studije pod mojim mentorstvom. Miloš je takođe pokazao edukativne sposobnosti studirajući američku istoriju jazza. On je pročitao svaku dostupnu knjigu u vezi sa tim, takođe je sakupio široku kolekciju članaka iz časopisa i novina. On je sakupio i izuzetnu fonoteku i vrhunski poznaje sve aspekte te fonoteke.”

“Miloš je jedan od muzičara za koga smatram da je izvođač, pisac i nastavnik najvećeg kalibra. Njegovo poznavanje istorije američkog jaza je enciklopedijsko i knjige koje je napisao i snimci koje je napravio svrstvaju ga u gornji ešalon istraživača i izvođača …”

“Gospodin Krstić je dostigao visok nivo kompetencije. Njegov pedigre nije samo izvođački, već edukativno-izvođački. To znači da on nije samo jazz pijanista, već je autoritet za istoriju i kritiku ove umetničke forme.”

Kada sam se latio krupnog zalogaja pisanja ove knjige trudio sam se da tokom dve godine rada na njoj nađem kompromis među delikatnim izazovima na koje sam nailazio. S jedne strane bilo je to suočavanje sa prozaičnim pitanjem koliko ću naći običnih čitalaca ukoliko budem usko stručno ulazio u materiju sa notnim primerima, koji odvraćaju, a sa druge strane izbegavanje površnosti i rasplinjavanja koje mi ionako nije svojstveno….
Kod objektivnog izbora istorijskih ličnosti važno je bilo ne zaobići one ključne, smestiti ih na odgovarajuće mesto, dati pojedincu prostor koji je pažljivo izbalansiran, prema njegovom značaju sa ostalima, i opisati ga na način koji će održati pažnju čitaoca do kraja.
Birao sam i odmeravao reči da ne bih zamaglio istorijsku istinu i nastojao da svoju malenkost džentlmenski ostavim po strani gde god je to bilo moguće. Zahvaljujem se na ovom mestu svima onima koji su mi u nedostatku pisanih i snimljenih eksponata o domaćoj sceni usmeno osvetlili period do 60-tih godina 20. veka čiji ja nisam neposredni svedok.

“Milos is a remarkable jazz musician whose mentor I was at his postgraduate studies. Milos also showed his educational talent studying American jazz history. He has read every available book about it and also put together a wide collection of newspaper and magazine articles. He has made a significant disc collection and knows all aspect of it.

“Milos is a musician I consider to be a performer, a writer and a teacher of the biggest caliber. His knowledge of the American jazz history is encyclopedic and his books and the recordings he has made place him in the top rank of researchers and performers...”

“Mr Krstic has achieved a high competence level. His pedigree is not only the one of a performer but it is also educational. It means he is not only a jazz pianist but he stands as an authority for history and criticism of this art form.

“When I took up the momentous task of writing this book I tried to find a compromise between the delicate challenges I came across during the two years I spent working on it. On one side I was facing the prosaic question of how many ordinary readers I would reach if I approach the subject matter from the narrow professional point of view with musical notations that can turn them away, and on the other side I tried to avoid superficiality and becoming carried away, which is not in my nature any way...
With the objective choice of historical figures it was very important not to leave out the key ones, to give them their rightful place, give each individual space that was carefully balanced considering the others, and describe them in such a way that will keep the readers’ attention until the end.
I chose and weighed words in an attempt not to cloud the historical truth and tried to leave my own little self aside gentlemanly wherever it was possible. Here I would like to thank all of those who shed some light on the period before the 60s on the domestic scene, of which I had no written or recorded exhibits available and I have not experienced it personally neither”.