I believe deeply that jazz is still a very vital music that has much to say, not just to eggheads, or whatever the musical equivalent of an egghead is, but to ordinary people.
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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.
Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America.
Jazz was the pop music of its day, and all American popular music has stemmed from it one way or another.
I've always loved jazz.
I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever.
I find early jazz to be the most revolutionary music of its time.
I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it.
Jazz should be recognized as music of the people, based in a lot of accents and melodies. What is jazz but music that people danced to? Jazz has the dynamic thing. I don't think you have to be playing only Charlie Parker licks on your horn or whatever the new version of that is.
Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it.
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.
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