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Originally Posted by oingo86
Gershwin = jazz = WHAT? Gershwin = Broadway is more like it, seeing as how musical theater tends to use a simplified jazz harmonic language, which is what, at the base, Gershwin used. So, in my eyes, to call Gershwin's music Jazz is to call Oklahoma jazz, because some of the songs frequently use major 7 chords. (see 'All 'Er Nothing' - jazzy in it's own right yes, but firmly musical theater)
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I definitely agree with Flint here. Consider what jazz was when Gershwin was writing instead of what jazz turned into in later decades.