It's time to let jazz fans record the show

The clampdown on cameraphones at the London jazz festival is stopping a vibrant and spontaneous art form from reaching a wider audience onlineThe ushers certainly had their work cut out. During this year's 250-gig London jazz festival, the capital's major concert halls tried to curb the increasing number of fans using cameraphones to record unrepeatable performances from the world's greatest jazz musicians.Miniature, silent, flashless, high-quality recording devices are almost universal, so it f...

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