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aberkok · 03-09-2005, 10:09 PM

Hey there peoples. One think I often think about (well probably the thing I spend the most time thinking about since it's what I hope to do full time one day) is the direction that jazz is going in nowadays. There's a lot of change towards new things happening, since many of the bebop era guys are dying, but at the same time there's a repertory/backward looking thing happening too, led by folks like Diana Krall and Wynton Marsalis. Now I don't feel too strongly against the retro stuff per se, but somehow I feel like it's holding back some more original and exciting music which I think the public is ready for, but turned off of because their perception of what jazz is "supposed" to be.

Since this is a discussion board and not an essay posting forum, I'd love to hear what others have to say about this before throwing in. I will therefore kick off this can of worms with a pointed question:

What effect do you think the retro movement in jazz has on original creative artists in the same field?

03-09-2005, 10:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
aberkok “Wrong is right.” Location: toronto	The state of jazz today Hey there peoples. One think I often think about (well probably the thing I spend the most time thinking about since it's what I hope to do full time one day) is the direction that jazz is going in nowadays. There's a lot of change towards new things happening, since many of the bebop era guys are dying, but at the same time there's a repertory/backward looking thing happening too, led by folks like Diana Krall and Wynton Marsalis. Now I don't feel too strongly against the retro stuff per se, but somehow I feel like it's holding back some more original and exciting music which I think the public is ready for, but turned off of because their perception of what jazz is "supposed" to be. Since this is a discussion board and not an essay posting forum, I'd love to hear what others have to say about this before throwing in. I will therefore kick off this can of worms with a pointed question: What effect do you think the retro movement in jazz has on original creative artists in the same field? __________________ !check out my new blog! http://arkanamusic.wordpress.com Warden Gentiles: "It? Perfectly innocent. But I can see how, if our roles were reversed, I might have you beaten with a pillowcase full of batteries."