The very first artist I would show to said viewer though? None other then famed Montreal piano virtuoso Oscar Peterson. Ray Charles, Buddy Rich, Billie Holiday, or even perhaps Duke Ellington would all be near the top of my list. Now, if I were to introduce another fellow listener who was uneducated in the art of jazz, there are only a few personalities I would look to first. With the risk of sounding better-than-thou, I feel I should mention that I too am a hook happy listener, I just happen to appreciate jazz more then the average person nowadays. There was a time when jazz was ‘the’ style of music, back during the golden age of the genre, but today’s hook happy listeners just don’t get it. Especially when present to the current generation, people are just daunted by a ten minute jazz pieces that is essentially a main theme and then a solo that takes variations on that theme or chord progression. The main thing that people don’t “get” about jazz is the improvisation.
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