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rheauchyr/flickrJazz Gets a Wake-up Call
The audience for jazz is shrinking and growing older fast, says Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout. His words have set off a heated debate in jazz circles. Today, Teachout joins us along with jazz pianist Vijay Iyer to discuss the future of America's great art form and ask what needs to be done. Also: guitarist Smokey Hormel joins us for a live performance.
Can Jazz Be Saved?
Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout set off a heated debate in jazz circles recently with a column that cited declining attendance for jazz concerts and concluded the future for the art form is bleak. He joins us along with jazz pianist Vijay Iyer, to discuss why the audience for America’s great art form is withering away – and what needs to be done.
Tell us: What do you think the future holds for jazz? Does it need "saving?"
"Can Jazz Be Saved?" column
NEA Survey: the questionnaire
NEA Survey: Results
Vijay Iyer's web site
Smokey Hormel
Guitarist Smokey Hormel has backed Beck, Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond and Tom Waits. The well-traveled axman joins us for a live performance of songs from an upcoming album, Smokey's Secret Family, inspired by African dance music from the 1950s and ‘60s.
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