Local blogger kcjazzlark provides more detail and perspective on Kansas City Area Jazz Club news than any other news outlet in the city . . . Still, one fact is clear . . .
NOTHING IS GOING TO REVIVE THE DEAD CORPSE OF KANSAS CITY JAZZ!!!
As a viable art form, the signature sound of Kansas City is nothing more than a footnote in history and something that is referenced and reenacted by local music places but not really part of a "jazz culture" that defined this town's glory days.
The kcjazzlark notes that local jazz fakers are now in the suburbs and moving to a corporate entertainment district which pretty much proves my point.
NOTHING IS GOING TO REVIVE THE DEAD CORPSE OF KANSAS CITY JAZZ!!!
As a viable art form, the signature sound of Kansas City is nothing more than a footnote in history and something that is referenced and reenacted by local music places but not really part of a "jazz culture" that defined this town's glory days.
The kcjazzlark notes that local jazz fakers are now in the suburbs and moving to a corporate entertainment district which pretty much proves my point.
Not everything lives forever
ReplyDeleteGood, this shit was way overdue.
ReplyDeleteJazz has never been the music of the masses here in the U.S. You have to first of all have some intelligence to understand it and restraint and poise to listen to it. That excludes most people under 40 these days.
ReplyDeleteexcellent point.
ReplyDeleteTony --It says something about the state of jazz in KC, when there are no jazz radio stations in Kansas City and if you want to listen to jazz, only KANU regularly plays it at night. For what it is worth, it says something about music in Kansas when KCUR ceased operation and KANU and KCUR are the only stations where you can hear classical music and if certain Bible thumping types had there way, any station that carries NPR would be off the air.
ReplyDeleteEverything changes as the area demographics change. Change is what makes the US different from other countries, were the government decides what you hear or don’t hear.
ReplyDeleteParsing your logical fallacies would be a full-time job, TKC. And I already have another one.
ReplyDeleteLET the yuppie 12-Street Jump "jazzers" slouch in the suburbs. Jardines II at a strip mall!
ReplyDeleteThen maybe something more loose and real can start up here.
NPR shouldnt be shut down, they should however keep their shit hooks out of the taxpayers pocket. They are a liberal mouthpiece that half of america doesnt agree with. Why should someone of conservative views help support NPR?
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