Jazz Articles about Various Artists / Future of Music

Various Artists / Future of Music: Rock The Net

by Mark Corroto
August 16, 2008

Lately jazz artists have admitted to listening to the music of their own time. Surprised? Brad Mehldau covers Radiohead and The Bad Plus play Nirvana. But that's not current news. Miles loved “Surrey with the Fringe on Top" and, of course, John Coltrane fans called out for him to play “My Favorite Things." Popular culture is unavoidable, even if only listening to American public radio.

This compilation project, although not definable as jazz, is an infectious survey of ...