In Reply to: Jazz is now the least popular U.S. musical genre. posted by rbolaw on April 29, 2015 at 10:15:41:
When you have Wes Montgomery covering Beatles tunes and dropping dead, Miles Davis noodling around on an electric keyboard and Alred Lion selling the Blue Note label because he can't keep afloat the greatest ever record company, you know there is a seriously foul problem. Other types of music are much more easily marketed. Especially rap, which is 95% marketing.
Edits: 05/03/15
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- It became the least popular in the '60s - Jazz Inmate 09:21:33 05/03/15 (21)
- What type of car did Miles Davis drive in the late '60s? - David Smith 10:18:52 05/03/15 (4)
- Miles did well throughout his career - Jazz Inmate 17:29:46 05/03/15 (3)
- I'm not sure I follow how Beyonce outselling Miles supports your claim. - David Smith 19:55:34 05/03/15 (2)
- You badly misunderstood my claim - Jazz Inmate 21:10:17 05/03/15 (1)
- This is true - David Smith 22:00:05 05/03/15 (0)
- Where are you getting your info from? Seems like bs to me. - Rick W 09:55:41 05/03/15 (15)
- RE: Where are you getting your info from? Seems like bs to me. - Jazz Inmate 17:26:59 05/03/15 (14)
- The "jazz snob contingent"? - Rick W 20:09:20 05/03/15 (13)
- Yeah, you know, the contingent that would sooner argue about a phrase on an audio board than acknowledge a fact - Jazz Inmate 21:32:32 05/03/15 (12)
- LOL. You, of course, represent "real jazz aficionados". - Rick W 09:47:54 05/04/15 (11)
- You're not seeing the big picture. Jazz record labels became unprofitable/unsustainable in the '60s - Jazz Inmate 10:24:06 05/04/15 (10)
- RE: You're not seeing the big picture. Jazz record labels became unprofitable/unsustainable in the '60s - Rick W 12:20:36 05/04/15 (9)
- "I'd be surprised if classical outsold jazz ..." - rbolaw 11:49:04 05/05/15 (0)
- The '50s were a great decade for jazz sales - Jazz Inmate 14:03:36 05/04/15 (7)
- I'm too overwhelmed by the eruditeness of your exposition to reply. nt - Rick W 13:44:07 05/05/15 (1)
- sarcasm is boring - Jazz Inmate 09:46:11 05/07/15 (0)
- "you'll have to admit I'm right" - David Smith 18:37:47 05/04/15 (4)
- RE: "you'll have to admit I'm right" - Jazz Inmate 09:48:59 05/07/15 (2)
- RE: "you'll have to admit I'm right" - GEO 07:13:11 05/18/15 (0)
- More LOLs - David Smith 11:24:48 05/07/15 (0)
- :-) nt - Rick W 15:50:26 05/05/15 (0)