| as a time in which jazz was listened to by a younger | | | | You do not see a lot of young people anymore at |
| audience and there was a bigger audience at jazz | | | | jazz clubs, or even have a basic knowledge of the |
| concerts. Now, the jazz audience has gotten older | | | | music. Many say its boring and requires too much |
| and fewer people attend performances of jazz. This | | | | concentration. Well, there are over 40 genres of jazz |
| has led to a pretty widespread lack of knowledge | | | | music and there is no "one" kind of jazz sound. Jazz |
| about jazz and its practice. People have a lack of | | | | has produced music inspired by rock, hip hop, funk, |
| information about the jazz artists and their music, | | | | ethnic music that is pretty exciting. Yet we need to |
| especially today since there are a lot of young jazz | | | | keep in mind that we need to continue progressing |
| musicians producing jazz records. | | | | jazz and not letting it settle in the past either. |
| What is amazing is that jazz education has grown as | | | | I do believe that there are jazz fans around the |
| you see a lot of colleges and music institutes | | | | world that appreciate jazz, both young and old and |
| producing jazz efficient musicians who go own to | | | | that is one of the main reasons why I created this |
| teach jazz in colleges, perform, tour and produce | | | | site, to spread the word and provide a place where |
| recordings. This can be used to an advantage, these | | | | we can interact. One thing that has grown in the |
| jazz music majors need to step up and increase the | | | | world of jazz are the cd sales! That's right, jazz cd |
| awareness of jazz and not only them but any one | | | | sales have grown over the years at least since the |
| interested in jazz needs to spread this knowledge to | | | | 1980s, so people are definitely listening to the music, |
| the public! | | | | just not attending jazz concerts! |