{"id":343,"date":"2010-09-17T09:35:32","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T13:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/2010\/09\/jazz_elders_cast_giant_shadows\/"},"modified":"2019-09-13T12:26:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T16:26:24","slug":"jazz_elders_cast_giant_shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2010\/09\/jazz_elders_cast_giant_shadows.html","title":{"rendered":"Jazz elders cast giant shadows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/muhal.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/assets_c\/2010\/09\/muhal-thumb-275x183-17303.jpeg\" alt=\"muhal.jpeg\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muhal Richard Abrams &#8211; photo credit sought &#8211; no copyright infringement intended<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Why isn&#8217;t the amazing current generation of creative (jazz) musicians better known? Maybe because major artists of the not-so-distant past are practicing the art form at splendid peaks, overturning clich\u00c3\u00a9s about dwindling powers of octogenarians. Read <a href=\"http:\/\/cityarts.info\/category\/music\/jazz-popular-other\/\">my column<\/a> in City Arts New York for a report that touches on Sonny Rollins, Roy Haynes and<a href=\"http:\/\/aacm-newyork.com\/\"> Muhal Richard Abrams<\/a>, who tower over the start of the fall 2010 season.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardmandel.com\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">howardmandel.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/JazzBeyondJazz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe by Email or RSS<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/archives.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 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>Why isn&#8217;t the amazing current generation of creative (jazz) musicians better known? Maybe because major artists of the not-so-distant past are practicing the art form at splendid peaks, overturning clich\u00c3\u00a9s about dwindling powers of octogenarians. Read my column in City Arts New York for a report that touches on Sonny Rollins, Roy Haynes and Muhal [&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":[287,1008,54],"class_list":{"0":"post-343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"tag-muhal-richard-abrams","8":"tag-roy-haynes","9":"tag-sonny-rollins","10":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-5x","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":293,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2010\/02\/nea_jazz_masters_as_new_yorker.html","url_meta":{"origin":343,"position":0},"title":"NEA Jazz Masters as New Yorkers","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"February 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Are all Jazz Masters in\/of NYC? 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