Here we go again.

“It seems like the only reason jazz is referenced in contemporary popular culture is to mock the music and its fans.”

More on the above subject from the Twentydollars blog

The LondonJazz site says:

26 September 2009 at 5:21 pm

Ian Latham wrote in via Facebook:

He's spot on. And the only mainstream reference we have in the UK is the Fast Show's jazz guy who portrays jazz as pretentious, slimy and elitist.

The jazz world only has itself to blame. It is extremely poor at communicating with wider audiences (which once upon a time it used to do exceptionally well).

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The LondonJazz site says:

26 September 2009 at 5:29 pm

Thanks as ever for the wake up call Ian…..

My blog post in the Telegraph about the UK's jazz bloggers shows a group of people of all ages with massive energy and belief in this music.

Yes we try!

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