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Ray Charles (Ted William's Collection, Palladium, Los Angeles 1973) Music Poster - 11x17 $4.80 Ray Charles (Ted William's Collection, Palladium, Los Angeles 1973) Music Poster - 11x17...

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Piano Legends [VHS] $29.95 Piano Legends, hosted by the incomparable keyboardist Chick Corea, unveils the entire spectrum of jazz piano. It features over 20 clips culled from the archives of coproducer Dave Chertok, from 1941 to 1986. This 63-minute DVD shows the depth and diversity of keyboard styles, from ragtime, stride, swing, bebop, and hard bop to the avant-garde. Corea brilliantly and succinctly spells out each p...

Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 6 [VHS] $29.99 ...

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40th Anniversary Charlie Brown Christmas - Various Artists (SuperDisc) $2.17 Monster Music® 40th Year Anniversary Charlie Brown Christmas Music SuperDisc...

The Legend of 1900 $11.68 Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 09/04/2007 Run time: 121 minutes Rating: R...

Leonard Bernstein: Omnibus - The Historic TV Broadcasts $23.98 Studio: E1 Release Date: 12/08/2009 Run time: 455 minutes...

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story $11.55 The rise and fall of Memphis-based Stax Records remains one of the more compelling sagas in American popular music history. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, renamed in 1961 by blending the surnames of brother-sister co-founders Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton, Stax was Motown's funky Deep South counterpart. From its loose atmosphere came giants, including Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas and daughter...

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Why not? Its difficult to explain in full. There have been additional reasons since jazz first lost it popularity with the mainstream listeners.

You have to remember that music is quite a commodity. The mainstream is concerned with the BUSINESS of music, NOT the quality of the music itself. If you start to think in terms of whats marketable, then you can start to figure out why jazz is out of the mainstream.

In the beginning of jazz’s mainstream decline, people were choosing to stay home and get their entertainment from the new thing- television.

By the early 1070’s (when touring was still the key to selling records) rock musicians were using their electric instruments to play to big concert halls, and even arenas. Acoustic instruments were the main choice for jazz musicians up until that time. The acoustic instruments are perfect for small clubs, and horrible for big places. Miles Davis realized this and started adding electric instruments and other jazz musicians compromised their sound to be more likable to the young white college kids who had money to buy records.

Perhaps the worst thing for jazz being mainstream music was the introduction of MTV, in the early 1980’s. I hope the reasons are obvious why this was bad for jazz. It was bad for music in general, although great for the music business.