{"id":206,"date":"2009-06-13T11:37:38","date_gmt":"2009-06-13T15:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/2009\/06\/jazz_bloat_gone_phoenix_rising\/"},"modified":"2011-04-28T16:34:03","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T20:34:03","slug":"jazz_bloat_gone_phoenix_rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2009\/06\/jazz_bloat_gone_phoenix_rising.html","title":{"rendered":"Jazz &#8220;bloat&#8221; gone? Phoenix rising from ashes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forecasts vary in the wake of collapses of Jazz Times and the JVC Jazz Festivals. <a href=\"http:\/\/brilliantcornersabostonjazzblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/vision-fest-rises-above-bloat-crash.html\">Brilliant Corners<\/a> exults that mid-brow music is <i>so over <\/i>and revels in New York&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magnetmagazine.com\/?s=vision+festival&amp;searchsubmit=Search\">Vision Fest<\/a>,&nbsp; while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazzchronicles.blogspot.com\/\">Jazz Chronicles<\/a> asks what comes next &#8212; possibly something good? <\/p>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s irresponsible and delusional to believe that the demise of successful mainstream enterprises like magazines, commercial festivals and oh yes, the International Association for Jazz Education, another <a href=\"http:\/\/brilliantcornersabostonjazzblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/death-of-iaje.html\">bete noir<\/a> of Brilliant Corners&#8217; Boston-based Chris Rich (along with many others: baby boomers, jazz fusion, <a href=\"http:\/\/brilliantcornersabostonjazzblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/oh-boy-another-wretched-newport-fest.html\">George Wein<\/a>, Boston Jazz Week) is<br \/>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a) a good thing, and<\/li>\n<li>b) won&#8217;t affect&nbsp; smaller enterprises, whether individual musicians or collective avant-garde fests, not very far down the road. (Read Barbara Ehrenreich on the impact of the recession on the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/demopedia.democraticunderground.com\/discuss\/duboard.php?az=view_all&amp;address=103x456251\">already poor<\/a>&#8221; and extrapolate: the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazzfoundation.org\/\">Jazz Foundation of America<\/a> is already trying to help more musicians in need with fewer dollars from donations).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nMy good friend James Hale of Jazz Chronicles, based in Ottawa, says<br \/>\nCanadian jazz is stable in ways the U.S.&#8217;s isn&#8217;t, citing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tdcanadatrust.com\/\">TD Canada<br \/>\nTrust&#8217;<\/a>s &#8220;ongoing sponsorship&#8221; of north-of-the-border jazz fests. In the<br \/>\nsame sentence he mentions General Motors&#8217; withdrawal, even before it went bankrupt, from underwriting<br \/>\nthe major <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealjazzfest.com\/default-en.aspx\">Montreal jazz fest<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>James reports also<br \/>\nthat he&#8217;s gone over to what we joke about as &#8220;the dark side&#8221; (i.e. public relations),<br \/>\ntaking a job as &#8220;media advisor&#8221; to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawajazzfestival.com\/e\/\">Ottawa Jazz Fest<\/a>, at which we both spoke last summer on a panel we both organized via the <a href=\"www.jazzhouse.org\">Jazz Journalists Association<\/a>. A music journalist of extensive professional experience and a<br \/>\nman of honor, Hale pledges to report from the inside of the fest for the<br \/>\nbenefit of his readers, which I believe he&#8217;ll do retaining all his integrity.<\/p>\n<p>As for his hopes for the future, they&#8217;re based in a bounce-back of jazz in the &#8217;80s<br \/>\nhe recalls, after a bad time in the &#8217;70s:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m holding out for another upward swing, which will bring<br \/>\na new model for many parts of our industry. What format will those<br \/>\nthings take? I don&#8217;t think we can safely guess, any more than we<br \/>\nmight&#8217;ve predicted 15 years ago that digital,<br \/>\nbroadband technology would mean the destruction of the music industry<br \/>\nas we knew it then.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now that&#8217;s optimism we can believe in. DNA for stubborn determination if not looking on the bright side is surely embedded in all jazz people. Though I personally tend to see glasses half-empty, it would be dandy if the future comes up roses. Which actually I know it will: For sure <i>something<\/i> good will happen, eventually, as long as we&#8217;re ready to recognize it. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, accept what comes&#8221; seems like the operable adage. Ornette Coleman &#8212; who&#8217;s curating the open-minded, anti-genre&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/meltdown.southbankcentre.co.uk\/\">Meltdown Festival<\/a> in London this week &#8212; titled a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tomorrow-Is-The-Question\/dp\/B000UBLFG2\/?tag=howardmacom-20\">song<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tomorrow-Question-Ornette-Coleman\/dp\/B000000YJ0\/?tag=howardmacom-20\">album<\/a>, <i>Tomorrow Is The Question! <\/i>50 years ago, and he&#8217;s still right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardmandel.com\/\" target=\"blank\">howardmandel.com<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=1102712&amp;loc=en_US\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by Email <\/a>  |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/JazzBeyondJazz\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by  RSS<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\" target=\"_blank\">Follow on Twitter <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/archives.html\" target=\"_blank\"> All JBJ posts <\/a> |<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/widget\/?tabs=web%2Cpost%2Cemail&amp;charset=utf-8&amp;style=default&amp;publisher=6ed88875-2235-4b29-aaa3-60183b0bcbcc\"><\/script> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forecasts vary in the wake of collapses of Jazz Times and the JVC Jazz Festivals. Brilliant Corners exults that mid-brow music is so over and revels in New York&#8217;s Vision Fest,&nbsp; while Jazz Chronicles asks what comes next &#8212; possibly something good? I think it&#8217;s irresponsible and delusional to believe that the demise of successful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[336,328,332,329,327,335,334,330,333,331,236],"class_list":{"0":"post-206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"tag-barbara-ehrenreich","8":"tag-brilliant-corners","9":"tag-chris-rich","10":"tag-james-hale","11":"tag-jazz-chronicles","12":"tag-meltdown-festival","13":"tag-montreal-jazz-festival","14":"tag-ottawa-jazz-festival","15":"tag-td-canada-trust","16":"tag-tomorrow-is-the-question","17":"tag-vision-festival","18":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-3k","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":202,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2009\/06\/jvc_jazz_fest_to_jazz_times_do.html","url_meta":{"origin":206,"position":0},"title":"Domino effect of JVC Jazz Fest failure on Jazz Times?","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"June 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"New speculation on the jazz magazine crisis: Having no summer advertorial supplements for JVC Jazz Festivals (which aren't happening) may have hugely hurt JT's seasonal revenues. 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