[78-L] the end of the Great Singers Era

[Joe Scott]

"I think that from about 1945, there were fewer and fewer tunes that lent themselves to jazz interpretation. I'm not saying that was a good or a bad thing, just a statement of fact."
I don't think it's really more difficult for a person to make jazz out of "Raindrops Are Falling On My Head" than out of "Ol' Man River," I think the general public lost interest in jazz interpretations of the latest hits because they'd lost interest in jazz.
Joseph Scott