Many, many fans - probably more than back in 1986 - such as fans of Sons of Kemet, Nubyia Garcia, The Comet is Coming, Polar Bear, Melt Yourself Down, Heliocentrics, Maisha, The Near Jazz Experience, Wild Card and so many other current artists. And the brilliant Gilles Peterson is still very much at the heart of it. I help to run the Southampton Jazz Club and our monthly gigs are invariably frequented by local students in their early twenties (a nicer bunch you couldn't meet, by the way) keeping jazz alive and loving it. The UK jazz scene is in rude health and fine fettle.
@@dongorgon4168 Top man! And may it ever be so. Your message nicely coincides with a mailshot from Bandcamp announcing a new "Jazz is Dead" release from Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad who have been doing terrific stuff in the last couple of years.
I love this with Giles Peterson mention a legend of Hunphrey Lyteiton and I hate that Trad Jazz Revival but also love how the IDJ dancers talk as nowadays all the youth speak out of there tracksuit bottoms...I want to go back to those days...no gangsta culture and no Hip Hop..we really have been dumbed down.
I have no idea what your idea of Hip Hop is if you are of the opinion it gets bracketed in with "gangstas". Are you aware that early Jazz fans were denigrated in the same way by certain segments of "white" America?
@@PasqualeDeRosa-n1v I think Rap music has mostley stayed on the same path for the past 25 years and I'm so bored with it and how it's impact on other countries musical landscapes be in Africa, Korea, Trinadad, Brazil etc etc etc
You could have mentioned that in your original post, instead of the, "no gangsta culture and no hip-hop",nonsense. I don't know if you've noticed but the last 25 years has been the pits in many musical genres. @@chrisr5499
I was living in London at this time and went to jazz gigs every other night. Unfortunately it was very divided by colour, with not too many bands having black and white players in them unlike the 2 Tone bands that preceded the "jazz revival" happening at the time. There was a pub in South East London near where I lived that had jazz bands every night and not once did I see anyone black playing there or in the audience. The American bands I saw at Ronnie Scotts were a lot more inclusive.
My youth summed up right here
Jazz - the first, original (and still the most endearing) 'DANCE MUSIC' 😸 marvellous piece/upload guys
Stunning jazz beard
Anyone still digging the jazz?
Many, many fans - probably more than back in 1986 - such as fans of Sons of Kemet, Nubyia Garcia, The Comet is Coming, Polar Bear, Melt Yourself Down, Heliocentrics, Maisha, The Near Jazz Experience, Wild Card and so many other current artists. And the brilliant Gilles Peterson is still very much at the heart of it. I help to run the Southampton Jazz Club and our monthly gigs are invariably frequented by local students in their early twenties (a nicer bunch you couldn't meet, by the way) keeping jazz alive and loving it. The UK jazz scene is in rude health and fine fettle.
Yes.
I still play my vinyl.
Loud!
@@dongorgon4168 Top man! And may it ever be so. Your message nicely coincides with a mailshot from Bandcamp announcing a new "Jazz is Dead" release from Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad who have been doing terrific stuff in the last couple of years.
All day everyday.
2024 ..... for sure !
I love this with Giles Peterson mention a legend of Hunphrey Lyteiton and I hate that Trad Jazz Revival but also love how the IDJ dancers talk as nowadays all the youth speak out of there tracksuit bottoms...I want to go back to those days...no gangsta culture and no Hip Hop..we really have been dumbed down.
I have no idea what your idea of Hip Hop is if you are of the opinion it gets bracketed in with "gangstas". Are you aware that early Jazz fans were denigrated in the same way by certain segments of "white" America?
@@PasqualeDeRosa-n1v I think Rap music has mostley stayed on the same path for the past 25 years and I'm so bored with it and how it's impact on other countries musical landscapes be in Africa, Korea, Trinadad, Brazil etc etc etc
You could have mentioned that in your original post, instead of the, "no gangsta culture and no hip-hop",nonsense. I don't know if you've noticed but the last 25 years has been the pits in many musical genres. @@chrisr5499
Great footage of Tommy Chase on drums too!! (he was the natural heir to Charlie Watts)
Wow! Thanks for posting!
I was living in London at this time and went to jazz gigs every other night. Unfortunately it was very divided by colour, with not too many bands having black and white players in them unlike the 2 Tone bands that preceded the "jazz revival" happening at the time. There was a pub in South East London near where I lived that had jazz bands every night and not once did I see anyone black playing there or in the audience. The American bands I saw at Ronnie Scotts were a lot more inclusive.
A great post but the jazz scene north of Watford was amazing but unfortunately England was and Still London centric