Kind of the sad thing is that - it's still true - a lot of jazz people just listen to jazz, and a lot of hip-hop people just listen to hip-hop, and there's not a lot of crossover, unfortunately.
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Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it; it's, like, 1 percent of the music market - no one cares. Why? Because the majority of jazz is old.
Everybody's not going to like jazz, let's just be honest about it. Everybody doesn't like everything. There's a disconnect in generations and some people just aren't going to feel that music.
People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I mean, they're playing with the same amount of ferocity. It's not to say all jazz is like that.
Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America.
Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority of people really love it.
As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz.
Jazz music by its very nature is just a conglomerate of a lot of different kinds of music.
Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to take chances.
Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.
We mix a lot of genres - soul, pop, jazz - but we most agree on hip-hop.
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