The BBC and the future of jazz: the stalemate continues
Jazz musicians and fans know the music that rules their world doesn't receive its due in the media – but what can we do when the playing field is so skewed from the start?The great, good, optimistic and disgruntled of the British jazz world piled into London's Cockpit theatre on Tuesday night, for what many anticipated would be a punch-up between the representatives of a vibrant and developing art form forever saddled with Cinderella status, and the BBC powerbrokers in a position to do so...
Guardian Music — Jazz musicians and fans know the music that rules their world doesn't receive its due in the media – but what can we do when the playing field is so skewed from th... more info