Melodies are copyrighted, chord changes are free domain. Hooks to a song can probably be copyrighted. Look how many tunes are written to "Rhythm" changes. As far jazz being unpopular, that is not the case. Too many of the top echelon of jazz players are still making CDs and making a lot of money. Miles' "Kind of Blue" is still a big seller. Chick, Herbie, 'Trane, etc. are still making money. It depends on where you are as to the success of jazz. It's alive and well in the D.C. area. Any night of the week there are places to go and hear live jazz. Different kinds of jazz as well. Just sayin'................ Later, Ray

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