cavaleer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Merchants in the record-industry for one thing. It's cheaper and easier to promote a single "star" and make money off that. Then electric instruments and the smaller groups like the Beatles, were much easier to market and promote to kids. What really killed good-great music though was the conversion to the electric instruments in the 1970s. People stopped playing instruments, so they stopped learning to read and write music. 25 years later, all we have is Pop and Rap, with a few good rockers.

lmlm11 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Why did this go away?

cavaleer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

No America= No jazz. Forced labor, aka slavery, was common throughout the Americas. But only AMERICANS created Jazz. At first the slaves were from the British Isles, Ireland and the streets of London in particular. The Irish were shipped by the tens of thousands, to the Caribbean especially. That's the source of that Caribbean accent..it's Irish.

seevickyrun (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Love that Duke!

jammany2k (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

SWING. not.....blues....christ

UNC3345 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Joe "tricky sam" Nanton

ElLeonMusical (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

What's the Trombone players name that does solo for It don't mean?

dukelester (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Nope. No sound effects. Tha's a plunger he's using.

nordensgoger (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

tears in my eyes, FANTASTICS

Ropanik (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

great musicians...the gods of the sounds...