Jazz Music Will Continue To Thrive, Possibly

Somehow Trumpet Is The Reference Point For Me It Was Actually My First Instrument.

I Have To Admit That More And More Lately, The Whole Idea Of Jazz As An Idiom Is One That I've Completely Rejected. I Just Don't See It As An Idiomatic Thing Any More...to Me, If Jazz Is Anything, It's A Process, And Maybe A Verb, But It's Not A Thing. It's A Form That Demands That You Bring To It Things Athat Are Valuable To You, That Are Personal To You. That, For Me, Is A Pretty Serious Distinction That Doesn't Have Anything To Do With Blues, Or Swing, Or Any Of These Other Things That Tend To Be Listed As Essentials In Order For Music To Be Jazz With A Capital J.

It Is Jazz's Very Nature To Change, To Develop & Adapt To The Circumstances Of Its Environment.

There's More Bad Music In Jazz Than Any Other Form. Maybe That's Because The Audience Doesn't Really Know What's Happening.

If You Plan On Continuing A Tradition, It Might Be A Good Idea To Find Out Just What Tradition It Is That You Intend To Continue.