It’s interesting you say that because jazz bars aren’t exactly a roaring success anymore. I’m sure a lot of it has to do with the fact that jazz was considered counterculture, and people like that aspect of it. These days no one really cares about jazz and no one’s trying to ban it. And it’s interesting that now it’s less popular.
part of it is just music moving forward, part of it is music becoming less about musicianship due to decreasing music education. Part of what makes certain genres like jazz have a stronger appreciation is when you’ve spent at least some time studying music composition and theory so you can appreciate the technical mastery being displayed.
This doesn’t discount music that doesn’t play to those more technical aspects or imply that genres and artists within those spaces are bad or not as good, but it’s more a commentary on the declining quality of educational access in the west. The liberal arts are dead and your kid will be taught the bare minimum to make them a peon that can maximize earnings for a capitalist pig. Culture in decline
It’s moreso that Jazz got torn apart for spare parts after it went mainstream. I’m quite literally listening to a Credence Clearwater Revival record right now to make sure it’s in good condition and the current song started up with a very Jazzy guitar. So if you aren’t really into jazz as a genre you probably aren’t gonna notice it since it kinda faded into the background culturally, kinda like funk, reggae, and bluegrass.
It’s interesting you say that because jazz bars aren’t exactly a roaring success anymore. I’m sure a lot of it has to do with the fact that jazz was considered counterculture, and people like that aspect of it. These days no one really cares about jazz and no one’s trying to ban it. And it’s interesting that now it’s less popular.
Maybe it wasn’t actually ever good?
Jazz used to be different. At some point, it got more technical.
That’s my layman understanding, may be over simplified.
In most arts, I’ve found the Venn overlap of quality and popularity is a slim lens.
part of it is just music moving forward, part of it is music becoming less about musicianship due to decreasing music education. Part of what makes certain genres like jazz have a stronger appreciation is when you’ve spent at least some time studying music composition and theory so you can appreciate the technical mastery being displayed.
This doesn’t discount music that doesn’t play to those more technical aspects or imply that genres and artists within those spaces are bad or not as good, but it’s more a commentary on the declining quality of educational access in the west. The liberal arts are dead and your kid will be taught the bare minimum to make them a peon that can maximize earnings for a capitalist pig. Culture in decline
It’s moreso that Jazz got torn apart for spare parts after it went mainstream. I’m quite literally listening to a Credence Clearwater Revival record right now to make sure it’s in good condition and the current song started up with a very Jazzy guitar. So if you aren’t really into jazz as a genre you probably aren’t gonna notice it since it kinda faded into the background culturally, kinda like funk, reggae, and bluegrass.