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Why don't more jazz venues present the music more in line with how people live today, rather than how they lived 60 years ago?
by Christopher Burnett
I have pondered for more than a decade as to why most jazz venues don't present the music contemporary to the lifestyles of most people today. Some do. Progressive examples of such venues that come immediately to mind include, Shapeshifter Lab in New York City and The Blue Whale in Los Angeles.
Can jazz become culturally relevant again? If so, how?
by Michael Ricci
Welcome to the debut of a provocative new column called “The Big Question," a regular feature that is designed to get you engaged and talking about the important issues facing jazz today. And we begin with a topic that has weighed on my mind for as long as this website has been in existence: “Can jazz ...
Some of the freshest and most innovative music in the current day is coming from the jazz world. Why isn't this better known?
by Ted Gioia
Jazz no longer has the same degree of influence or popularity nowadays. We shouldn't be surprised to see the public's musical tastes change over the decades. New styles come and go. But I must admit that I am still shocked when I hear young listeners describe jazz as old-fashioned, or treat it like a museum piece. ...
Music and Evolution: Hearing Math, Seeing Sound, and other Unanswered Questions
by Kurt Ellenberger
Music and Evolution: A Brief Overview The evidence presented in the research on music and evolution, beginning with Darwin himself,1 focusses largely on music's purported ability to support “mate selection, parental care, coalition signaling, and group cohesion," 2 language development,3 and other things. The prevailing evolutionary theories about music follow Darwin's lead--they are predominately sociological, cultural, ...
Anymore, does Facebook help your business / career? If so, to what extent?
by Michael Ricci
I'll admit, I was never a Facebook fan. First, I'm mostly a private person, but more importantly, I have precious time and spend it fully on building All About Jazz and Jazz Near You. Not to mention, Facebook has not been kind to independent web publishers, causing many to shutter over the years. My ...
How do you use All About Jazz & Jazz Near You and how would you like to see them improve?
by Michael Ricci
All About Jazz--which includes Jazz Near You--is a 23-year project in the making. We improve the platform daily, grow our community, build our mailing list, and continue to balance a presentation that informs and entertains jazz fans and provides professional services to jazz professionals. Engagement and usage vary from reader to reader ...
Presenting Problem
by Duncan Heining
Jazz often appears to exist within its own cultural and artistic paradigm, isolated from other arts and in its own discreet musical corner. Worse still from the perspective of those who would hope to make a living from it, it often seems that more people want to play the music than listen to it or, more ...
How are you celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month or International Jazz Day?
by Michael Ricci
Jazz Appreciation Month (April) and International Jazz Day (April 30) represent opportunities to program special events and bring together communities to draw public attention to jazz and its extraordinary heritage. Your friends at All About Jazz celebrate jazz and the musicians who make the music every day of the year. In addition to ...
If you could make one suggestion on how to improve Jazz Near You, what would it be?
by Michael Ricci
Jazz Near You is a free event discovery platform for concert goers and a free event distribution platform for musicians, venue owners, and presenters. Like most software, Jazz Near You continually improves: from how we aggregate event information to how we make those events available to our website readers and our mailing list and ...
Which jazz musicians produce consistently good music on records or in concert?
by Michael Ricci
We all have our favorites, but I'm wondering which of your favorites rarely, if ever, disappoint you on records or in concert? For me, it seems anything Joe Locke releases or plays on, sounds great. His latest, Love is a Pendulum (Motema, 2015), already has a seat assignment on my best of 2015 list ...
