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Originally Posted by oingo86
Today, the 'jazz' of Gershwin's day is more recognized as ragtime, blues, and musical theater, genres that do sum up his general musical sound. But we don't call that jazz, do we? So, in that light, Gershwin's music is no longer what we consider jazz to be. The fact that it may have been considered jazz at the turn of the century is currently irrelevant.
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You mean we don't call traditional jazz jazz? OK. I would, though. I suspect anyone with some sort of perspective would. Otherwise it's like saying a Mozart opera isn't an opera because no opera written today sounds anything like that. You're just trying to disguise and motivate your ignorance, instead of admitting it (which would be fine, because there's nothing wrong with ignorance).