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Highly Opinionated
Toronto Jazz Festival 2008
Raul d'Gama Rose
When you hear great music, be prepared to be touched in your soul.Throughout history, music survived on patronage—from church and state. Hundreds of years ago, kings and queens, princes and princesses commissioned works of music. The church continues its slow and steady patronage. More recently, the not-for-profit foundations stepped in and in several instances helped artists, especially jazz artists, create memorable works. Guggenheim, the Kennedy and Lincoln Centers are the new patrons. But their reliance is on donations. So is it time for the new state—the Capitalist Corporation—to step in? If what TD Canada Trust is doing in Canada is any indication, this—although not a new phenomenon—has certainly set things in motion. Too bad about the price of oil and of commodities like grain, which has also led fans to make some ugly choices and supporter/investors to look at options other than jazz clubs.
