Canard
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Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny.
There is a strong and growing Jazz scene in the UK, or so I am lead to believe by various online articles published in recent years. And now for the first time ever, a Jazz group has won the UK's prestigious Mercury prize.
However, if you are not young, what is on offer in this scene is, perhaps, not recognizable as what might be labelled Jazz in any historical sense (whatever that means). Nor is there anything really new here. However, it is improvisational music, it has a following, and it is connected to youthful tastes. Best wishes to all, performers and fans. Go for it. Enjoy.
It really sucks getting old. One's depth of listening and playing experience makes one jaded and robs any sense of novelty and newness from experience.
There is a strong and growing Jazz scene in the UK, or so I am lead to believe by various online articles published in recent years. And now for the first time ever, a Jazz group has won the UK's prestigious Mercury prize.
However, if you are not young, what is on offer in this scene is, perhaps, not recognizable as what might be labelled Jazz in any historical sense (whatever that means). Nor is there anything really new here. However, it is improvisational music, it has a following, and it is connected to youthful tastes. Best wishes to all, performers and fans. Go for it. Enjoy.
It really sucks getting old. One's depth of listening and playing experience makes one jaded and robs any sense of novelty and newness from experience.
Mercury Music Prize: Ezra Collective become first jazz winners
They won the £25,000 for their album Where I'm Meant To Be, which is the first-ever jazz album to win.
www.bbc.com