Journal 13 – Many Movements
In each generation there is always a feeling by the older generation that the newer, younger generation is somehow “less than”. This discussion is still alive in jazz: the older veteran players versus the younger generation and traditionalists versus what is considered the more innovative newer styles of jazz. Read “Three Polemics on the State of Jazz” by Stanley Crouch from Keeping Time by Robert Walser. Then read “Is There a Charlie Parker Among the New Generation of Jazz Players?” from Listen to the Stories by Nat Hentoff. Both writings contain some interesting food for thought. Pick three sentences that were thought provoking to you and write a few sentences about each.