Can you shuffle your cheeks and/or jowls. Not in Pittsburgh in 1920. CLICK HERE and keep that "cheek and jowl shuffle" behind closed doors. I don't know what fascinates me so much with these old articles. I guess I like the fact that jazz was so counter culture back then. Why do you think it was so popular? It was exciting.
On that note, throughout history, jazz has always pushed the limits. With declining jazz record sales, it would be wise for the industry to promote that kind of jazz - the edgy, exciting, boundary pushing kind, instead of pushing the soothing background music for your wine and cheese party type of jazz. I can take a little of that, and completely respect people like Diana Krall who do it beautifully, but it's just not cool to anyone under 30.
I think a younger audience would be way more into jazz if they recognized it as the music of rebellion. Music that is made in contrast to the mainstream mediocre garbage that is pumped into your head without abandon. It's bananas, b a n a n a s. Wake up people! You are being manipulated by "music industry professionals" a.k.a. uncreative old guys making money off of you, into a sugary dumbed down world of boring, repetitive, overproduced, overhyped fluff for simpletons.
I think a younger audience would be way more into jazz if they recognized it as the music of rebellion. Music that is made in contrast to the mainstream mediocre garbage that is pumped into your head without abandon. It's bananas, b a n a n a s. Wake up people! You are being manipulated by "music industry professionals" a.k.a. uncreative old guys making money off of you, into a sugary dumbed down world of boring, repetitive, overproduced, overhyped fluff for simpletons.
Look at this video, wait until about 1:10 in, and you'll see how exciting new jazz is.
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