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Comment by Donna McAfee on March 23, 2010 at 3:06pm

Watch 19 year old sax sensation J Boykin on the video page at www.lajazztv.com

Comment by Topsy M. Durham on January 6, 2010 at 10:30pm

About the "posers", that is so true. I hear a person like http://www.myspace.com/rachelleferrell and I just can't believe she is not a superstar, like say Barbra Streisand (who can also bring tears to my eyes but is too expensive for me to go see!).

Comment by Ms. Lorna Shuford on January 5, 2010 at 2:39pm

I am with you guys! Let me know I am also an event coordinator and know a lot of Jazz artist, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish speaking, who are interested, too.

I also have a friend, that can design a unique trophy.
Let me know.

Comment by Morrie Louden on December 11, 2009 at 12:47pm

With jazz representing a mere 5% of music sales, you can imagine why it is overlooked. Grassroots efforts to teach jazz to school age children will ensure that the genre has future audiences.

Comment by Mode Purple on November 24, 2009 at 3:09pm

I decided it was time to act, and made a formal complaint to Virgin Media in the UK about the lack of a Jazz genre in their music on demand service !

Comment by Mode Purple on November 24, 2009 at 2:37pm

I'm with you Jaijai,

but it's not just Grammy's. I switch to my music on demand service on cable here in the UK (Virgin Media) and Jazz isn't even listed as a genre I can select from !. No wonder it's losing popularity.

Best Regards
Brian

Comment by Ronnie Burrage on November 18, 2009 at 8:10am

Hi Jason, long time?
I would like to say I understand this is a business, it should be our business musicians of all stature to support one another with encouragement, working platforms and communication. Rewards should be for new creation and advancement of this music. I beleive that when we come to understand without this type of support we are only going backward as we have been because if we don't make heard and known what we do and who we are, it remains in the hands of record companies, managers, commercial agencies that only promote who they think and have made popular enhancing their futures. Jaijai, you have done wonders, and I thank you for your never ending love and work, but as musicians we have to step up to a higher spiritual plain and reach for more than material gain.

Comment by HARLEM JAZZ NOTES on November 18, 2009 at 7:56am

We can say that A Jazz Grammy is long over due, but time is what Jazz music is about. Is'nt it?

Keep up the good works Jai Jai.

Comment by Jason Miles on November 17, 2009 at 11:19am

Ronnie and I go waay back-he's knows the deal.These days many people believe it's about chops and technique and not about feeling.Feeling Soul,Knowledge and respect get to where you need to go.It does take a while though. I don';t know how many people recognize this

Comment by Joani Taylor on November 17, 2009 at 10:56am

I totally agree with you Ronnie. Things ain't what it used to be.
Too little work. Too many posers. Few get the depth of the art, or the value to the human spirit.

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