Gentle Playing
Juan Álamo's
jazz for marimba -
heard by
RON BIERMAN'... beautiful, rich tones ...'
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The best jazz often has many of the elements that attract classical listeners: emotional depth, satisfying melodies, structure, complex rhythms, varied colors, and virtuosity. Jazz has even gone through an accelerated version of classical music's audience alienation--alienation caused by a similar abandonment of music readily enjoyed by those without a music degree. Research by Ovum's news service Music & Copyright found that global dollar sales of recorded jazz (including downloads) fell by 10.1% in 2013, the largest drop of any genre for the second straight year. If Vision readers are now experiencing Schadenfreude, the feeling may not last long...
Copyright © 7 June 2015
Ron Bierman,
San Diego, USA
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