Jazz Articles

Portland State University School of Fine & Performing Arts: Crossing the Bridge

by Jack Bowers
March 1, 1999

I can’t for the life of me understand the rationale of those who stand by the roadside and throw rocks at Jazz Studies programs. Yes, they have their blemishes, like any other enterprise, and most of the students won’t choose music as a profession (they’d much rather eat regularly), but at the very least these programs make new friends for Jazz and help keep it alive and strong. Where’s the harm in that? I’d rather hear young people playing Jazz ...