Several years ago, many people complained that pop music is one of the most familiar genres they can enjoy in their daily life. In this case, jazz music was not the common genre they can see it performed on the television very often. Jazz was brought or performed from pub to pub or even from one exclusive stage to others. But today is different. People can enjoy such music as they can enjoy pop music.
We have many great names in jazz music. You can look at the great voice of Al Jerrau, Diana Krall, Eric Benet, Brian Mc Knight, Jamie Cullum, Jason Mraz, and so on. They bring the great harmony to your ears and let you enjoy their music even from your bedroom. They accompany your lunch and bring the great nuance to your dinner. Jazz is a great music you should never classify it to the untouchable one anymore.
In some countries, jazz music is brought to be the common one by holding the jazz festival annually. They try to introduce the great elegant harmony in a great way that enables many people to be a part of it. So, they will finally feel that the unique arrangement of jazz is for everyone. It is because music is a universal language, thus everyone is worthy to be a part of it.
Besides, jazz music is now performed more often rather than several years ago. Some entertainment centers even give two of seven days in a week to perform jazz music. It shows that music should be a very universal thing where people all over the world from any levels can enjoy it. The classification is actually made to differentiate its type or genre, not its level. Music is the real beautiful language of all. What do you think?
By: Clay R Mccoy
There are a few music festivals that take place every year in the Isle of Wight, the ‘Jazz Festival’ is an event that has taken place for only a few years. I am a Jazz guitarist and I had the privilege to perform there for the first time last year in 2006, it was great, I loved the atmosphere, the people were warm and friendly and I’ve never met so many people who knew their Jazz inside out.
I got ready to go on stage with Jazz Culture to perform a well rehearsed Jazz set for 11 am, it was around 10.50 am in the morning and I didn’t expect anyone to turn up until we finished, at 11am the place was packed, I don’t know where the crowd came from but everyone sat down looking serious and ready to be entertained.
I knew that letting them down was the last thing on my mind, I came this far over the water by ferry to get up early in the morning for an unheard of 11am gig, me and the band went into a few standards like ‘blue skies’, ‘killer Joe’, ‘taking a chance on love’ and ‘fly me to the moon’ it went down a storm, we were on stage for about an hour, we even did two encores. From that moment me, the band and the audience fell in love with each other, there was a powerful aura between all of us. Well I’ve been to Isle of Wight many times since and when I perform there it feels like home to me, I got the chance to play at this years 2007 festival and it was mind blowing, there were many great international acts included, very talented and inspiring, there was a nice vibe all around and the weather was fantastic, I can’t wait to go there again, even if you aren’t performing, it’s worth booking a trip out there for three days next April to absorb this Jazz experience.
By: Clinton Paul