The State of Jazz in America

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[Programmer]

 

[edthecynic]

anything muslim is talentless...we know that for sure, Habib

 

[edthecynic]

Rock/pop seems to have stood the test of time.

And some music is timeless!

 

[Spinster]

Rock/pop seems to have stood the test of time.

And some music is timeless!

Hey, Ed, like your screen name!

 

[edthecynic]

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented.

Actually, rap music holds that dubious honor. ....

While Rap of today sucks big time, back in the 1970s when it was part of Jazz with artists like Gil Scott Heron, Nikki Giovianni and The Last Poets it was conscious raising.

 

[CremeBrulee]

I think jazz is an acquired taste. I hated it the first several times I listened. Eventually it became something I can't do without.

 

[CremeBrulee]

 

[CremeBrulee]

 

[Programmer]

Some later Sarah

 

[Programmer]

Died this year I believe.

 

[CremeBrulee]

Died this year I believe.

Nice scat!

 

[Kosh]

 

[Programmer]

The best in the trio game?

 

[Programmer]

Best Christmas Jazz

 

[longknife]

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented.

This is, by far, one of the stupist posts I've ever read.

A real jazz musician needs skills that cross a wide range of music genres to truly be good.

 

[longknife]

This is possibly one of the hardest musical pieces for any musician to play. Brubeck introduced a new lever of skill with this.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented.

No that's rap

 

[longknife]

Noted a couple of Big Band videos in there. Considered much different than jazz as the latter basically refers to small combos, normally trios.

There is a rather strict structure to jazz in that it needs a combined intro, individual riffs, and a combined coda. That's the big secret. If you can't handle a great solo, you got not place in a jazz combo.

Of interest, a lot of great jazz musicians were trained/knew classical music as well as Big Band.

One of my all-time favorites:

 

[edthecynic]

I'm concerned that Jazz appreciation in the US is toast. People think Jazz is smooth jazz. I struggle to meet Gen Y women who can stand it. Should I get over it, or is there a great tragedy in the loss of all-american jazz appreciation?

Smooth Jazz is simply the current evolution of the ever changing style of Jazz, just as much as Big Band, Be-Bop, Swing, Avant-Garde, and Fusion.