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u/marastinoc · 3 pointsr/Jazz

To be fair, the most popular Fortnite subreddit, /r/FortniteBR, has almost 900,000 subscribers.

But yeah, people are quick to call things dead. The PC was supposed to be dead, along with radio, network TV, baseball, newspapers, printed books, bookstores, libraries, phone conversations, snail mail, email, the family meal...I’d say these things are still widely appreciated by many people. I think it’s a form of technological snobbery. “Technochauvinism” I heard it called once.

You might find this book interesting though. I don’t agree with all the assertions, but the gist is that the most development of jazz lately has been in Europe. Granted the book is at least 10 years old:

https://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Dead-Has-Moved-Address/dp/0415975832

u/bluenoteslur · 2 pointsr/Jazz

OP -- fellow Wynton skeptic here. IMO, most of his records are super safe, by-the-numbers stereotypes of the music they claim to love. The situation is similar with all of the family members and friends he's scored record deals for...just not the freshest stuff at all.

On a related note: it's been years since I read this, but Is Jazz Dead?: Or Has It Moved to a New Address has some great commentary on what happened to the jazz scene after Wynton gained the position to call the shots on who got funding to make jazz. Highly recommended for its Wynton discussion, the jazz education chapter (entitled, iirc, "Teachers Teaching Teachers") and other stuff.