Posted: May 1st, 2012 - 7:01PM
/ By: Ben Hall and Dave Coon
Jazz means many things to many people. It is a musical form that, by necessity, is in a constant state of evolution and redefinition. Improvisation and openness are the essence of jazz and why we feel that it's so compelling.
Jazz is and has always been contemporary. It exists in relation to and interacts with other musical forms. Initially, this meant blues and gospel, then show tunes and...