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jhatpro Heavyweight Member
Joined: 17 Mar 2002 Posts: 10202 Location: The Land Beyond O'Hare
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 5:40 am Post subject: |
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Another article, this one more optimistic than the WSJ piece. It appeared in today's NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/arts/music/19jazz.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=jazz&st=cse _________________ Jim Hatfield
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CongoInOakland New Member
Joined: 05 Aug 2009 Posts: 2 Location: Melbourne, FL.
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Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/nov/09/jazz.popandrock
I like this article describing portions of the 2007 London Jazz Festival. It is called "It's About Total Freedom At All Costs" and reads completely differently than the cited articles in this thread. True, someone like Marsalis wouldn't even begin to qualify certain forms of newer jazz as "jazz", but he can deal with it in his own way in his own space. Me, I'm about celebrating today and prepping for tomorrow. Others can eulogize the past. Jazz ain't dead. It just became Death Jazz.
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Jazzfreak251 Regular Member
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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:55 am Post subject: |
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I didnt read everybody else's response but i still want to put my 2 cents in. I read this article a while ago and jazz isnt dying, the art form is just changing. There is a new audience that most jazz musicians are not apealing too. If i were to play bepop for the rest of my days, I would be a bumb. People like Kurt Rosenwinkel, Brad Meldau, and Pat Metheny are poineers and created a new genre of jazz with in itself. I believe that the statistics in that article leave out a big chunk of the mondern jazz that we see and hear today. |
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Jon Arnold Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:42 am Post subject: |
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As an educator and performer, we will keep it alive as long as we continue to perform and inspire others. I have two jazz ensembles at my school, one is a class and one is after school. My students enjoy jazz and learn a lot about improvisation. I also think it is very important to support live music as much as possible. |
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Scorpion Heavyweight Member
Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 1960 Location: hell
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Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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if Jazz were dead we wouldn't be arguing about its continued life. There's some life left in the old girl yet. _________________ -GET OVER HERE!
-1964 Olds Super Balanced Depleted Uranium single flue Harpoon (w/custom coprion hand guard i got from a 1925 Conn Erradicator.) Akright converted handle w/calfskin grip (143xx) |
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tommy t. Heavyweight Member
Joined: 01 Mar 2002 Posts: 2599 Location: Wasatch Mountains
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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:53 am Post subject: |
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Scorpion wrote: | if Jazz were dead we wouldn't be arguing about its continued life. |
Morticians, arguing about who gets to bury the body?
Tommy T. _________________ Actually, I hate music. I just do this for the money. |
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