The follow-up question to people who don't like Jazz is: How do you define Jazz? What is Jazz to you?.

If I tell them about Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman (nobody seems to know Lucky Millinder, so I don't mention him), or "Dixieland" then they like it. But they still don't like Jazz. Usually, they don't know what Jazz is.

They relate Jazz to some special music for special folks, played late at night and often it seems to be music to drive people into other activities.

It's like:
If somebody doesn't like Whisky -- often it is related to Scotch whisky -- but if they like Cognac, start with Canadian Club, go to some very mellow Bourbon whiskies to eventually 50 or 60 bottles of refreshments to finish with a fine 25 years aged single barrel cask strengh Laphroaig. (Don't start with the latter!!!)

People need to understand the music they are listening to, and Archie Shepp, for instance, is sometimes hard to understand. And consequently music they don't understand is Jazz.

Last edited by GHinCH; 05/21/13 04:31 AM.
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