Comments on: Does Jazz Really Need Saving?

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By: Al

Al — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:01:56 +0000

Today, the New York Times issued a sort of rebuttal to the Journal article. You can find the article at this URL:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/arts/music/19jazz.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

By: Al

Al — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:32:26 +0000

Has anyone else had a problem getting the article? I agree with Rudolf in the sense that the more interesting article, rather than how jazz interest may be dwindling in the U.S., would be focused on why it is revered — and to what extent — elsewhere in the world.

By: Rudolf A. Flinterman

Rudolf A. Flinterman — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:53:19 +0000

I don’t succeed in getting the article on my screen, but, I would say that, when the Wall Street Journal puts its nose into something, it is normally to analyse on behalf of big business whether there is any profit to be made. Well, in general, certainly not in Jazz! But that does not mean that the invisible, low profile, underground, as you wish, circuit does not exist. It is not up to Wall Street Journal to worry. Interest in jazz abounds, whether as a subject of veneration for past periods (50′-s/’60-s), esp. in the Far East (my Lee Morgan on Blue Note went to Singapore; I am selling into China too, not to speak of Japan, of course) or in the form of festivals/concerts of live music (Geneva, Lausanne [Cully] or Annecy) to name some places I am aware of. Name it high brow, maybe, it sure is not a mass product, but who cares, only the Wall Street Journal?

By: Michel

Michel — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:17:33 +0000

Maybe Jazz culture is dwiling, maybe the audiance is ageing. It was true already in the years 70’s. Since the 50’s, many people have announced the death of jazz (including Hughes Pannassié, in France, who was afraid of Be Bop !). Just like contemporary art, Jazz in underground, jazz is elistist, thats all. Jazz connoisseurs form an elitist club… but nothing prevents no one to be a part of it…