1. Major newspapers are enjoying the business of publishing non-sense in the name of sparking sales
2. Justin Moyer is not a musician (not a 'true' musician by my estimation)
If you read Justin Moyer's August 8(http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2014/08/08/all-that-jazz-isnt-all-that-great/) piece you will understand. I will briefly touch upon some of his statements below.
"Jazz is boring." - baseless conjecture
"Jazz is overrated." - baseless conjecture
"Jazz is washed up." - baseless conjecture
"Unlike a poorly received New Yorker piece purportedly written by jazz great Sonny Rollins, this is not satire." - could've fooled me.
"Jazz has run out of ideas, and yet it’s still getting applause." - baseless conjecture
"Like cirrus clouds or cotton candy, I found jazz generically pleasing, but insubstantial and hard to grasp. " - no shit Sherlock!
"Some of my problems:" - you said it man. You got problems!
"1. Jazz takes great songs — and abandons the lyrics that help make them great" - sweeping generalization
"2. Improvisation isn’t all it’s cracked up to be." - baseless, sweeping, generalization, conjecture
"3. Jazz stopped evolving." - false
"4. Jazz is mushy." - ?????
"5. Jazz let itself be co-opted." - huh??
Fortunately, Justin admits he doesn't get it. Unfortunately, someone thought what he had to say was worth publishing in a major newspaper for others to read.
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