Now that the deed has been done and the International Association for Jazz Education has seemingly folded its tent and significantly filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection a filing quite different from the more familiar Chapter 11 which would at least leave the door ajar for some form of organizational recovery as Ricky Schultz pleads in his intelligent Comment left on this site the big question is whats next.
From the many Comments posted in response to our original Woe is IAJE rant from April 7, one surmises that there is abundant energy out there in the jazz community for the formation of some kind of national organization designed to fill the percieved void But what exactly? Who out there is willing to at least lead the discussion? Whats the next step(s)? Can/will the Jazz Improv convention fill the cavernous void left by the demise of the annual IAJE conference?
From the many Comments posted in response to our original Woe is IAJE rant from April 7, one surmises that there is abundant energy out there in the jazz community for the formation of some kind of national organization designed to fill the percieved void But what exactly? Who out there is willing to at least lead the discussion? Whats the next step(s)? Can/will the Jazz Improv convention fill the cavernous void left by the demise of the annual IAJE conference?
