«Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato

As a side note, in the youtube link I posted above, Lalah Hathaway is singing three, yes I wrote, three notes at one time. Notice at almost the end of the video the drummer looks like he’s about to fall off his drum stool. She gets her singing chops naturally from her father, the Great Donny Hathaway. Lalah Hathaway Stuns Robert Glasper By Singing Three Notes At Once Even if this in not your cuppa tea, you should check this out. Simply Fantastic y’all.

@goodlistening64 +1! Hah! You don’t say!

I like the idea of providing proof (works cited) to back up an opinion with facts as you have done. It’s what you learn in college when you take breaks from binge drinking.

To be fair, however, much of the information you shared is some 14-17 years old. Meaning that 14-17 year old music fans are completely left out of your hypothesis.

Audience: The number of Americans who like jazz has increased, with one-third of adults reporting they like it, and 5% saying it’s their favorite genre.

New audiences: Jazz is becoming more popular with younger people, including Gen Z. Some say that jazz is connected to rebellion and is easily adapted into other genres.

New artists: New artists are breaking into the scene, and mainstream artists are featuring jazz on their albums. For example, Kamasi Washington worked with Kendrick Lamar on an album.

Media presence: Jazz is being featured in mainstream media, including the Pixar movie Soul.

Club scenes and festivals: Jazz is being celebrated in vibrant club scenes and major festivals.

Streaming: Jazz streaming is growing, and eGift cards allow people to give jazz streaming platforms as gifts.

Education: Jazz education is growing in Asia, including China.

Cultural diplomacy: In South Africa, the government uses jazz as a tool of cultural diplomacy.

As a side note, I live in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia where there is a plethora of Jazz in the city’s metro areas. And the number one and biggest festival in Atlanta, GA by far is The (free) Jazz Festival held at Piedmont Park every year, and it goes on for days...So I probably have some positive biases in this subject of Jazz. Or is it Jass?

@mahgister

I like the idea of providing proof (works cited) to back up an opinion with facts as you have done. It's what you learn in college when you take breaks from binge drinking.

To be fair, however, much of the information you shared is some 14-17 years old. Meaning that 14-17 year old music fans are completely left out of your hypothesis. 

I dont think that young people right now are into jazz...

The tendence  is to a falling number of young jazz listeners...

With all the niche listening phenomenon , the increasing of the new medias Jazz cannot be an increasing favored genre ... It is  evident...Jazz is now an old musical genre competing with new one...

This statistics only illustrated a tendency which cannot be decreasing anyway   after the generalization of the internet use and portable phone from which  many niche genre music appeared.  There is no reason for this statistics to had changed because  an increase of jazz which is a more intellectual music genre is less probable and ask for an education to it...

Another phenomena is masked here by this statistics concerning jazz falling numbers of young listeners, is the influence of jazz and easy diffusion now because of the internet all around the globe in all culture... jazz listeners has increased in the same time as young listeners of jazz in America had deceased...

Jazz has his roots in black America but it is no more an American event it is globalised and there is many jazz musicians of first order in all countries now...With internet since 25 years Jazz has be listened to freely everywhere..

@mahgister

I don’t think that young people right now are into jazz...The tendence is to a falling number of young jazz listeners...

Jazz has his roots in black America but it is no more an American event it is globalised and there is many jazz musicians of first order in all countries now...With internet since 25 years Jazz has be listened to freely everywhere..

I have no idea where you get your facts from. Some guy from a paper he wrote in the UK?

Here’s factual, digitally video recorded, dated and empirical evidence even Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles could see. Drone pilot Phin Percy shot this awesome aerial video of the big New Orleans Jazz Fest crowd last weekend. 04/27/2016

Please watch the entire video. Aerial view of the 2022 45th Annual Jazz Fest | Atlanta GA.

@tyray 

It sound like to me you’re just guessing? And you have no clue? I wondering where you live and what live venues you go to see Jazz? Jazz (and blues) is the one music that is our own. It is played all over the US and the world. I don’t care what city you are in, whether it be suburbia or metropolitan areas, there are Jazz clubs all over the US.

Well, yes I was guessing about the extent to which young people listen to jazz and blues, but it was an educated guess based on what I've seen at concerts I've attended. And just to clarify, I never said that there aren't plenty of jazz clubs and concerts, just that by and large young people aren't going to them.

As far as where I live, I'm in the Hartford/New Haven area in CT, and being close to both NY and Boston jazz is fairly accessible. But not nearly to the degree that it used to be 10 or 20 years ago. There are only a handful of smallish jazz clubs left and jazz concerts aren't nearly as frequent as they used to be. The U. of Hartford has an excellent jazz music program that used to be headed by the late great Jackie McLean. They used to have at least one or two  concerts there every month featuring recognizable artists, but those have been few and far between since Jackie  passed on in 2006....none that I can remember in the last two or three years. When I do have the opportunity to see a jazz artist locally these days, I'd estimate that at least 90% of the audiences are over 50.

Let's face it, jazz has had it's ups and downs in terms of popularity, and right now I'd have to say it's on a downward arc. That's not to say that jazz music itself isn't in a good place - there are many really good, young jazz artists out there these days. We just need more people to go and see them. I think you mentioned the N.O. Jazz Festival as evidence that people still go to see jazz in large numbers. But I've been there a couple of times and of the huge number of acts that play there, probably no more than half of them are jazz. The rest are a mixture of rock, blues, gospel, world music etc. Which is great, but proof of jazz popularity. And I'd add that a sizeable number of people who attend Jazz Fest are there more for the party than the music. Nothing wrong with that either!