Sunday, February 28, 2010
Jazz Musicians or Rock Stars
After watching the movie in class, I had one question going through my mind. Since when did Jazz musicians become rock stars? I am over 50 years removed from the pentacle of the jazz era. But I have always viewed jazz as a calm musical genre. I never thought Jazz musicians had groupies, were drunks and had sex in the back of their car. I mean understand that the swing era was just one big party but how much of a party could it be. They are playing saxophones. Next I will be hearing that Faith Evans and country music is hardcore.
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Jazz is far from calm-especially considering its varied reactions (devil's music, corrupt, hyper-sexual). And even moving beyond jazz-virtually any genre can make its most popular stars "rock stars." What might be helpful to think about is the extent of the popularity of that specific genre-swing was king during the '30s and early '40s-and rock and roll, rockabilly, and even country shared similar existences. Even with Johnny Cash-whose music is often considered rockabilly (convergence of rock 'n' roll and hillbilly, or country music)-was a "rock star" in these sense you are talking about.
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