JAM Dec/JAN 2013 - Download now - Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors
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editor’s corner<br />
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Some of you may have seen the article “The End of<br />
<strong>Jazz</strong>” in the November issue of The Atlantic. The article is<br />
a review of Ted Gioia’s book The <strong>Jazz</strong> Standards: A Guide<br />
to the Repertoire. The reviewer gives a very positive review,<br />
then concludes that the end is near since so many of the<br />
essential tunes are from the middle of the 20th century,<br />
are no longer relevant, and no new essentials are being<br />
written. It is kind of an odd, out-of-left-field conclusion.<br />
So many of today’s great musicians play little of these<br />
standards, and contribute original material. Brookmeyer<br />
did, Pat Metheny has for decades, and add in the Bad Plus<br />
and Fred Hersch and John Scofield and Tom Harrell and<br />
you can keep this list going until the cows come home.<br />
Oh, we should not forget that the earliest jazz predated<br />
the “standards.”<br />
roger atkinson<br />
<strong>Jazz</strong><br />
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And, by the way, these standards have not been relevant<br />
for half a century as it is, and they have survived a<br />
lot of bullets over this time. They survive because they<br />
are great.<br />
As we present this annual <strong>Jazz</strong> Education issue, let’s<br />
not forget that there are more musicians gravitating and<br />
learning this music <strong>now</strong> than ever. That’s here in the <strong>Kansas</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> area, the US, and the world. They are attracted<br />
by the standards and so much more. It seems to me that<br />
jazz, including the standard repertoire, will continue to<br />
thrive and evolve as long as creative musicians choose to<br />
deal with it.<br />
We are also are reaching the end of Volume 26 of<br />
<strong>JAM</strong>. That’s 26 years! It’s quite a feat, really, and we thank<br />
New Hours: Thursday – 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.<br />
Friday and Saturday – 8 to 11 p.m.<br />
Victoria Barbee Joe Cartwright Stan Kessler Millie Edwards<br />
Duck Warner Candace Evans Molly Hammer Angela Hagenbach<br />
Parking for <strong>Jazz</strong><br />
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Hotel Phillips | 106 West 12th Street | <strong>Kansas</strong> <strong>City</strong>, MO 64105 | (816) 221-7000 | www.HotelPhillips.com<br />
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