Tutte le opinioni sulla nostra musica, anche quelle critiche purchè documentate, oneste e razionali, sono perlomeno da leggere. Questa, di Justin Moyer sul Washington Post, mi pare malmostosamente irrancidita e lo confermano i 120 commenti pervenuti ad ora. Fatevi una vostra opinione:Marsalis implied that jazz’s ubiquity is a result of money men taking advantage. That’s certainly the case when jazz is used to sell Grey Goose. But we should also scrutinize the amorphous nature of the music itself. Unlike, say, rockabilly or Arnold Schoenberg’s 12-tone music, jazz is plastic. It’s a genre loosely defined by little more than improvisation, sunglasses and berets.Leggi l'articolo qui:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2014/08/08/all-that-jazz-isnt-all-that-great/