Jazz Fest 2023: the Straight's top picks
From BADBADNOTGOOD to Sun Ra Arkestra, here's what we're checking out this year.
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From BADBADNOTGOOD to Sun Ra Arkestra, here's what we're checking out this year.
Jon Mooneyham's 2021 favorites include records by The Armed, Dry Cleaning, Vanishing Twin and more.
Mac on black 45 Views Original mods liked jazz. That’s where the word came from: modernism. In Britain, the beef between mods and rockers had been prefigured in the 50s by modernists – fans of modern jazz – vs traditionalists – acolytes of trad, Dad. I don’t know if this amounted to bike chains on Margate beach (BAM! SOCK! WHAM! THAT’S FOR PLAYING 42 CHORUSES OF TIGER RAG!) but the argument was heartfelt. I’m not quite old enough to remember this in person, but my musical memory stretches back as far as my mum and dad buying the Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazzmen album...