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bas · 04-29-2007, 05:48 PM

I have a problem with the term "preservation of jazz". That term has leanings toward the point of jazz as a museum piece. I prefer to think that a university program should set a strong foundation in all of the music that has come before us and instill a curiosity as to what the music can evolve into. I believe that there are many institutions that teach with this in mind.

All roads lead from Bebop, but don't stop in the mid 60s.....

As for the thought that academia has turned the music into an elitist club that limits the common man's accessibility....I am not sure if this could be blamed on academia itself. Jazz is an art music and most art is unaccessible intellectually to most of the American public. Mayba more of a social statement that a statement about academia's role.

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bas Pianissimo User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Iowa City, IA/Corfu, GR Posts: 81	Re: The Young Jazz Academics I have a problem with the term "preservation of jazz". That term has leanings toward the point of jazz as a museum piece. I prefer to think that a university program should set a strong foundation in all of the music that has come before us and instill a curiosity as to what the music can evolve into. I believe that there are many institutions that teach with this in mind. All roads lead from Bebop, but don't stop in the mid 60s..... As for the thought that academia has turned the music into an elitist club that limits the common man's accessibility....I am not sure if this could be blamed on academia itself. Jazz is an art music and most art is unaccessible intellectually to most of the American public. Mayba more of a social statement that a statement about academia's role.