The Future of the Jazz Industry

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I started this group because I am curious as to what your thoughts are on: the main problems facing the industry, what you think can be done to resolve these problems, and what actions can be taken to ensure a flourishing future for jazz music.
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  • Can the awareness of Jazz and great music be revived in today's world?

    The other day Nelson Harrison and I were talking about the state of Jazz music generally. We agreed on many things including the fact that jazz listening and buying is on a decline and has been for many years. Here are some of the reasons that I believe this is so; the neighborhoods that housed the…

    By Dr. Nelson Harrison

    Jan 12, 2015

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  • New York: Free Jazz and the Avant-Garde

     WHAT IS FREE JAZZ?, ORNETTE COLEMAN, ALBERT AYLER, CECIL TAYLOR, SUN RA ARKESTRABy JRank Classic jazz, swing, Dixieland, bebop, cool jazz, and hard bop, despite their differences, have chordal improvisation in common, meaning that the soloists base their choice of notes on the chord structure of…

    By Dr. Nelson Harrison

    Nov 28, 2012

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  • LIKE IT IS: The Branford Marsalis Interview - JazzTimes Magazine

    Bill Milkowski's extended conversation from the October issue Branford…

    By Dr. Nelson Harrison

    Nov 12, 2012

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  • AMANDA PALMER - PAY THE BAND

    Sunday, September 16, 2012Amanda Palmer: Musician, Nude Model, Scientologist, D#*$hebagAmanda "No Respect For Musicians" PalmerI…

    By Dr. Nelson Harrison

    Sep 16, 2012

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  • A QUESTION OF CULTURAL VALUES

    Either we do not know or have temporarily forgotten that American Jazz was the first indigenous art form to be designated as a National Treasure by the U.S. Congress via HR57 in 1987.  The only other art form to receive such an esteemed validation is American Tap Dance which received the…

    By Dr. Nelson Harrison

    Jun 29, 2011

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  • OUR SOUNDS..OUR JAZZ IS PRETTY MUCH OVER (THANKS FOR ROGER HUMPHRIES!!)

    im afraid my comment will be rather negative.  i consider myself a purist...its be-bop for me.  all the new hybrids they call jazz...are jive...strictly jive.  i could enumerate dozens of musicians...and here are just a couple.  Horace Silver, Coltrane, Mobley, ray brown, basie, peterson, tatum,…

    By Don Cerminara

    Jul 16, 2011

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  • in large

    What they're playin today, in great measure, just aint jazz. Players are "schooled"...technically sound...but yuh cant teach :heart". Lessen the emphasis on who can play the most notes. Get back to playin THE SONG! Interpret? Yes...but dont stray too far. Scales and runs, all over the place, "til…

    By Don Cerminara

    Oct 16, 2009

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  • Can jazz be saved?

    Being a musician, I am, of course, biased but the good news is that I do believe jazz can be saved. The bad news is, I doubt that it will. The art of melodic improvisation flourished when it was part of the popular music of the '20's through the big band era. Kids who were buying records could…

    By Lucian Williams

    Dec 16, 2009

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