[78-L] The Future of Jazz?

[Bud Black]

To me, jazz has never been something you heard, but rather something you
feel.  Like the great Satchmo replied once to a lady who asked him to define
jazz.  He said, "If you gotta ask, you'll never know."

Bud 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: Steven C. Barr
Date: 8/8/2009 11:50:18 PM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] The Future of Jazz?
 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Steve Ramm wrote:
>> I thought the jazz collectors would enjoy this editorial column in
>> today's Wall St. Journal.
>> Steve
> ==============
> What he didn't mention is the quality of jazz being performed
> today--live and on record. Most of what I hear is bland and of
> "I've-heard-this-all-before" quality. There are no individualists
> playing these days. Perhaps all the possible styles have been "worked
> through" and there's nothing left to explore?
> Even the current avant garde is regurgitating what was being played 40+
> years ago.
>
Mebbe...but howinell can/could one tell...?!
 
Instuments played at total random will ALWAYS more-or-less sound the
same...over years, decades or CENTURIES...?!
 
Steven C. Barr
 
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