[Dixielandjazz] Defining jazz

[Joe Carbery]

Robert Hughes, the Australian author and art critic, used much the same
criteria with regard to art. If
it was described as art, then he judged it as art.

Joe Carbery.

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:56 AM, Jerry Gordon <jerrygordon at juno.com> wrote:

> My website (APlaceForJazz.org <http://aplaceforjazz.org/> ) includes a
> calendar that lists all open-to-the-public jazz gigs within 100 miles of
> Albany, NY. The most difficult part of maintaining it is determining what
> should be included.
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> I often get schedules from various venues that includes musicians I have
> never heard of; sometimes a description of their musical genre is included,
> sometimes not. Since my personal taste leans toward OKOM, I am often
> unfamiliar with the younger musos in the area, who tend to play stuff that
> is uncomfortable to my ears (how's that for a euphemism?)
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> The criterion I use for including events in the calendar is fairly simple:
> If anyone (the venue, the musician him/herself or a critic) considers the
> music to be "jazz" (in any of its flavors: Dixieland, trad, swing,
> big-band,
> bop, fusion, hard bop, post-bop, Latin jazz, hot, cool, mainstream,
> straight-ahead, vocal, Western swing, gypsy, and on and on), then I include
> it.
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> Jerry Gordon, Troy, NY
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> Webmaster for APlaceForJazz.org <http://aplaceforjazz.org/>  and
> SwingtimeJazz.org <http://swingtimejazz.org/>
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