[78-L] Popular or good?

[Mark Bardenwerper]

On 12/6/2016 9:26 AM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> My late cousin used to say:
> Popular music was never as good as in the 1920's and 1930's (he even
> mentioned the 1940's), because it was closely linked to jazz, which
> meant more interesting beats and highly inventive musicians; jazz, in
> turn, was linked to big orchestras which sometimes meant even better
> musicians and definitely top arrangers, many of them classically
> trained. Add to that the golden era of Tin Pan Alley: you also had the
> best songwriters.
> You need not agree with him or me.
> Kristjan

There were so many more musicians in those days. Music had a much 
greater role and live music was used more extensively, particularly 
until the great depression and somewhat at least up into the late 40's, 
when these musicians were still working.
Certainly there were fine musicians thereafter, but ensemble music 
offered fewer opportunities for work.

-- 
Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.

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