I teach jazz at the college level - have for over a decade. I have other jazz experience I cannot say without giving away too much. Got a kick out of your Faddis story - sounds like the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band days.

A race doesn't "do better with jazz." It depends on what music the person listens to.

Yes, a black family may have been brought up listening to jazz, but as you said, more common is rap/hip-hop. There is also more smooth jazz, Robert Glasper, Roy Hargrove, etc. But if they aren't really listening - and trying to integrate it....

I agree with your point about black musicians who influenced musical breakthroughs in the US. There is an interesting essay on this:

"Jazz and American Culture," Journal of America Folklore 103, no. 403 (1989): 6–22.

I teach jazz at the college level - have for over a decade. I have other jazz experience I cannot say without giving away too much. Got a kick out of your Faddis story - sounds like the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band days.

A race doesn't "do better with jazz." It depends on what music the person listens to.

Yes, a black family may have been brought up listening to jazz, but as you said, more common is rap/hip-hop. There is also more smooth jazz, Robert Glasper, Roy Hargrove, etc. But if they aren't really listening - and trying to integrate it....

I agree with your point about black musicians who influenced musical breakthroughs in the US. There is an interesting essay on this:

Levine, Lawrence, "Jazz and American Culture," Journal of America Folklore 103, no. 403 (1989): 6–22.

I teach jazz at the college level - have for over a decade. I have other jazz experience I cannot say without giving away too much. Got a kick out of your Faddis story - sounds like the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band days.

A race doesn't "do better with jazz." It depends on what music the person listens to.

Yes, a black family may have been brought up listening to jazz, but as you said, they typically listen to rap/hip-hop. There is also more smooth jazz, Robert Glasper, Roy Hargrove, etc. But if they aren't really listening - and trying to integrate it....

I agree with your point about black musicians who influenced musical breakthroughs in the US. There is an interesting essay on this:

Levine, Lawrence, "Jazz and American Culture," Journal of America Folklore 103, no. 403 (1989): 6–22.

I teach jazz at the college level - have for over a decade. I have other jazz experience I cannot say without giving away too much. Got a kick out of your Faddis story - sounds like the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band days.

A race doesn't "do better with jazz." It depends on what music the person listens to.

Yes, a black family may have been brought up listening to jazz, but as you said, they typically listen to rap. There is also more smooth jazz, Robert Glasper, Roy Hargrove, etc. But if they aren't really listening - and trying to integrate it....

I agree with your point about black musicians who influenced musical breakthroughs in the US. There is an interesting essay on this:

Levine, Lawrence, "Jazz and American Culture," Journal of America Folklore 103, no. 403 (1989): 6–22.