I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine.
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Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't. It's no big deal.
Well, jazz is to me, a complete lifestyle. It's bigger than a word. It's a much bigger force than just something that you can say. It's something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live.
The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
It's always fun to talk about jazz.
Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.
When somebody uses a word as a genre distinction, all it really does is trigger certain experiences, or music, that somebody's been exposed to. But that's an individual thing; there's no sort of universal understanding of what jazz is.
Jazz is rhythm and meaning.
Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to what?
Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it.
If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.