kill it with motown!
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First and foremost, I would like to wish greetings to all of you. Lately, this question has come to mind.
With the unfortunate deaths of highly regarded jazz greats such as Miles Davis, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Clark, Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Duke Ellington, Grover Washington, Jr., Joe Henderson, Michael Brecker, Charles Mingus, Stanley Turrentine, Louis Armstrong, etc., do you guys think that there's less jazz greats than there were before??
Even though all the above mentioned passed away, at least we still have other current greats such as Maceo Parker, Kenny Garrett, Sonny Rollins, Benny Golson, Vincent Herring, Wilton Felder, Ernie Watts, Jeff Coffin, & Phill Woods, Joshua Redman, and many current other artists playing jazz.
Disclaimer: I hereby do not intend to spark any controversy and I do not have any negative views towards jazz. I wholeheartedly appreciate the genre and all of it's artists who helped shape it, both past and present, dead or alive, because the continuous study of their styles through a combination of private lessons and playing in a jazz band, and a concert band, will benefit me greatly as a future musician. It is their influence that will help me grow more musically in the coming years.
With the unfortunate deaths of highly regarded jazz greats such as Miles Davis, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Clark, Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Duke Ellington, Grover Washington, Jr., Joe Henderson, Michael Brecker, Charles Mingus, Stanley Turrentine, Louis Armstrong, etc., do you guys think that there's less jazz greats than there were before??
Even though all the above mentioned passed away, at least we still have other current greats such as Maceo Parker, Kenny Garrett, Sonny Rollins, Benny Golson, Vincent Herring, Wilton Felder, Ernie Watts, Jeff Coffin, & Phill Woods, Joshua Redman, and many current other artists playing jazz.
Disclaimer: I hereby do not intend to spark any controversy and I do not have any negative views towards jazz. I wholeheartedly appreciate the genre and all of it's artists who helped shape it, both past and present, dead or alive, because the continuous study of their styles through a combination of private lessons and playing in a jazz band, and a concert band, will benefit me greatly as a future musician. It is their influence that will help me grow more musically in the coming years.
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