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Guardian Article:Jazz Fans Agree With Keith(John Legend) not Seb(Gosling

Jazz fans and Critics agree with Keith(John Legend) that that old traditional Jazz from the 1950's(which Ryan Gosling likes) will never "save Jazz", indeed just the oppositeThe best way to save Jazz is to avoid and ignore Chazelle's conservative notions about old Jazz still being relevant in today's world, and that "Modern" Jazz(from the 1970's to today) is the only true way to save it, since modern jazz is seen as breaking barriers in music, just the opposite of Seb's views which are seen by Jazz fans as being counter-productive to the future of the genre

Re: Guardian Article:Jazz Fans Agree With Keith(John Legend) not Seb(Gos

I didn't mind the music The Messengers played, but the dancers were a bit much.

Re: Guardian Article:Jazz Fans Agree With Keith(John Legend) not Seb(Gos

While Seb overstated out of passion, preserving and celebrating the classics of any art is a way to help "save" the form because it's constantly inspiring. You can't build anything new out of nothing.

Starting a theatrical company dedicated to staging classic plays (and opening a theatre to do so, like Seb's bar) would contribute to the health of theatre in general. Even if the individual - Seb, or the theatrical producer - is exclusively dedicated to the classics, and even if they don't respect new work, the value of presenting classics, and classic forms of expression, is larger than the individual presenting them, and benefits all.

One way classics help "save" any art is when new artists study it closely in order to borrow elements from it. For example, Kabuki theatre has inspired the sensibillities of modern playwrights and film directors. Like African tribal art inspired the likes of Picasso. Or artists can deconstruct classics to varying degrees so that it can be experienced as if for the first time. Listen to composer Max Richter's incredible take on one of the most overplayed of classical compositions, Vivaldi's Four Seasons. The past can be new again, or even suddenly radical.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/recomposed-by-max-richter/id843968261


"You must not judge what I know by what I find words for." - Marilynne Robinson

Re: Guardian Article:Jazz Fans Agree With Keith(John Legend) not Seb(Gos

Great Article, Gosling's a douche in this movie when it comes to music

Re: Guardian Article:Jazz Fans Agree With Keith(John Legend) not Seb(Gos

There is some truth to this though there is a point where the new "sound" is no longer jazz but some pop hybrid.

It may survive yes but at some point the mutation is an entirely different creature.
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