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Originally Posted by eatswodo
So what you’re basically saying is that:
1) you can’t truly appreciate jazz unless you’re listening to records
2) you can’t truly appreciate jazz unless you’re old
3) you can’t truly appreciate jazz if your mind has been sullied by 60s pop
That’s encouraging  |
I think what has happened is the audience has radically changed from what it was 60 years ago. I think a good example would be when folks were going to work humming the tune “My Favourite Things” as reinterpreted by Coltrane back in ‘61. Music requires an audience to thrive in, and maybe for the genre of be-bop or swing, that audience is one (today) listening to records, catching the atmosphere of it. I’ve known some pro level jazz musicians, but the live audience is small in N America, still much better in Europe.