An interesting (short) piece. The author sets out a theory that jazz
is entering a 'golden age' based on a new accomodation with popular
music and therefore getting a younger audience. The key being the long
established flexibility jazz has for fusion with other musical forms.
Re: Barney Kessel speaks ... made #89 with an album accompanying Frank Sinatra:... I've always thought it was unfair to try to measure the achievements of jazz... Brubeck, Miles, Monk, Coltrane, Ellington, and Basie were among the top jazz ...popular music that was the antithesis of the popular music from the 1920's ... (rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz)
Re: Thats the beauty of jazz! ... My take....cakewalk sensibility ("great courses" guy on jazz) where a cake ... And take an industry and habituation of 'jazzing up' popular songs.... Legal changes to copyright law -- these changes made the recognizable ...familiar melody, the more a certain type of jazz artist moved away from ... (rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz)
Re: Mo Jazz. ...Americans, so with the US history of racism toward these people it is ... Hip Hop and rap are current forms of popular music....Jazz is an enduring American ...waste energy bemoaning the fact that it is not mainstream. ... (rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz)
Re: Barney Kessel speaks ... made #89 with an album accompanying Frank Sinatra:... I've always thought it was unfair to try to measure the achievements of jazz... Brubeck, Miles, Monk, Coltrane, Ellington, and Basie were among the top jazz ...popular music that was the antithesis of the popular music from the 1920's ... (rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz)
Re: Thats the beauty of jazz! ... The main thing about the three legged stool example is that while people may ... My take....cakewalk sensibility ("great courses" guy on jazz) where a cake ... And take an industry and habituation of 'jazzing up' popular songs....familiar melody, the more a certain type of jazz artist moved away from ... (rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz)
