World Saxophone Quartet - Experience

In jazz circles, there is a joke that goes like this: how many jazz singers does it take to perform "My Funny ValentineNULL" All of them. The point of that joke is that too many jazz artists are paying too much attention to overdone Tin Pan Alley warhorses that have long since been beaten to death. The joke is unfair in that it singles out vocalists -- numerous instrumentalists are guilty of the same thing -- but the fact remains that plenty of jazz artists need to realize that worthwhile popular music didn't end with Tin Pan Alley. Read More