https://jazzcollector.com For those who love jazz Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:38:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 175772384 https://jazzcollector.com/features/new-study-confirms-the-truth-jazz-fans-are-cool/ https://jazzcollector.com/features/new-study-confirms-the-truth-jazz-fans-are-cool/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:38:51 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=1843 There’s this new study from the University of Cambridge that concludes that people make assumptions about other people based on their musical tastes. Classical music [...]

The post New Study Confirms The Truth: Jazz Fans Are Cool first appeared on jazzcollector.com.]]> There’s this new study from the University of Cambridge that concludes that people make assumptions about other people based on their musical tastes. Classical music fans, for example, are expected to be dumb and boring. Rock fans: emotionally unstable. Who fares best in this study? Jazz fans, of course. We are regarded as imaginative, peace-loving individuals with friendly and outgoing natures. In other words, people think we’re cool. Sounds about right to me. Of course, if they really knew about the obsessive side of us jazz collectors, perhaps they might alter their view.

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