do you agree or disagree,why the rebels counter that jazz loses its essence by going backward,that the titans revered by the neocons were fearless innovators, and that the whole reactionary movement reduces jazz to a museum music with a self-righteous fence around it. I going to assume you mean "neoconservatives" in the musical sense, not the political. I mean they only listen to Limbaugh :)
I think jazz should have some foundation in the past, but that is a personal opinion. I really cannot stand modern jazz, so it is hard for me to say.
But Jazz has always been a shifting music form, so to ground it in tradition is to kill what make it great. You can look at every era in Jazz and see the nods to the past, but a huge step forward.
So to short answer made long, I have no idea, but this question will keep me awake tonight. |
