Classic US Jazz: 1959

Hi,

I have to agree here with this, as it ends up being a massive HISTORY of the story of JAZZ, and something that we are not capable of seeing and kinda put together with rock music with the hope/intent of creating a more inclusive and complete "history" of the art form, which would really help define what became known as "progressive music" later, and even later what became known as "progressive rock", a suggestion that a lot of the music was about the rock music more than it was about being "progressive" in my book. 

Nicely done and stated DE.

I would have added, I think, that folks in jazz taking on more rock elements were a natural event, since it was all over in radio, and selling like pancakes. I'm not sure that most classical/jazz musicians out there, would not have heard and seen any of it, and getting it added was just a matter of minutes, not even "time". The only sad thing of it all is how the classical music places have fallen by wayside, for rejecting the jazz and rock music from that time. The Portland version has been close to not making it due to finances. And when I talked to the conductor at the time, and suggested some Frank Zappa ... he went ... who is Frank Zappa? .... all I said is no ticket from me!