[Dixielandjazz] Death and Resurrection of Barbaric Music by Karen De Coster-Howard Mandel

[Norman Vickers]

To:   Musicians & Jazzfans;  DJML

From:  Norman Vickers, Jazz Society of Pensacola

 

Howard Mandel, President  Jazz Journalists Association comments:

 

From: Howard Mandel [mailto:jazzmandel at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 4:04 PM



 

Hi Norman, and all -- 

 

It seems to me one of the most important functions a jazz critic can serve
is to listen to new music and contextualize it with regard to older music.
The jazz critic is supposed to be knowledgable about the tradition and broad
enough of perspective to be able to understand how various interpretations
play with or play off of what's come before. If we can't do that, all we're
good for is condoning or rejecting attempts to repeat what's already
happened. If we CAN do it, we act as guides to the future (or more likely,
the present). 

 

Howard Mandel