{"id":124,"date":"2008-09-21T11:45:44","date_gmt":"2008-09-21T15:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/2008\/09\/jazz_and_politics_show_of_hand\/"},"modified":"2019-09-13T14:15:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T18:15:41","slug":"jazz_and_politics_show_of_hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2008\/09\/jazz_and_politics_show_of_hand.html","title":{"rendered":"Presidential politics and jazz: Show of hands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google “Obama” and “jazz” and this\u00c2\u00a0Jazz Beyond Jazz<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0post<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0comes up second! The search engine flatters, so here’s more research on the connection\/support of the jazz world for the candidates, and the candidates of jazz (as a fundamental American cultural phenomenon).<\/p>\n

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This concert<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0seems indicative of most jazz musicians’ preference:<\/p>\n
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(gen’l admission: $100; vip seats and post-show reception: $250; students\/seniors, $50).<\/div>\n
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Comparable events\u00c2\u00a0last week in Cincinnati, Ohio<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and Oct. 12 in Kansas City MO<\/a>, with Dick Gregory as keynote speaker on the occasion of his 76th birthday. This afternoon in Brooklyn, Jazz Passenger alto saxophonist\/storyteller Roy Nathanson<\/a> hosts a party at which attendees\u00c2\u00a0supporting Obama\u00c2\u00a0will call voters in swing-states, making the case. Further such jazz activism seems likely.<\/div>\n
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Not to be unfair to the other side: Google “McCain” and “jazz” and the top relevant result: the Senator flashing jazz hands.<\/div>\n
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