[TPIN] MF Band

[Greg Goodknight]

There is one decent FM jazz station I can receive, and I suspect KXJZ 
has it's own button in your car, too, Mike.. Unfortunately, jazz just 
isn't that popular an art form these days. Schools are a mirror.

-Greg

"Are you mad? Without machines who will feed us and clothe us and 
compose our smooth jazz?" - Hermes, "Futurama"

Vaxtrpts at aol.com wrote:

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>And isn't this a sad comentary about today's jazz education in many  schools, 
>where the band directors do not encourage their students to  listen to the 
>great jazz players, or even play jazz CD's for them in class once  in a while, 
>to try to get them turned on to this music.  
>It is sad for a few reasons:
>1. The student didn't even know about Maynard's playing - pre "rock"  days.
>2. He had never even heard of Clifford and Clark.
>3. That he is so uninformed and still "aspires to be a jazz player."
>I guess that is why it is so important that we, as jazz trumpet players  
>(those of us who are.....), need to be "out there" in schools, or teaching  
>private lessons, or giving of our time, to help educate these young players  about 
>the history of OUR music and about the aspects of listening to learn about  how 
>to play it.
>Mike Vax
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