http://www.jazzhouse.org/diary/2008/05/lyn-horton-questions-from-across-the-ocean/ The world as heard by the JJA's writers Thu, 02 May 2013 21:02:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.jazzhouse.org/diary/2008/05/lyn-horton-questions-from-across-the-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 hman Sun, 11 May 2008 18:28:48 +0000 http://www.jazzhouse.org/diary/?p=15#comment-1024 Nice meditation on the nature of what we do, Lyn. I agree especially that an attitude of open-minded inquiry and respect for the endeavor of music-making itself are qualities that benefit music or arts journalism in general, jazz journalism being one of the leading areas of productive writing to demonstrate that. Writing about jazz (among other arts including improvisation) ends up being a performance in itself. But the content of what we do — musicians, too — is more significant than the gloss and hype that can be its most obvious, superficial aspect. — Howard

]]> http://www.jazzhouse.org/diary/2008/05/lyn-horton-questions-from-across-the-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-979 Avant Music News » Blog Archive » Questions From Across The Ocean Thu, 08 May 2008 09:50:26 +0000 http://www.jazzhouse.org/diary/?p=15#comment-979 [...] friend Lyn Horton discusses jazz journalism in a new article. « Upcoming at the Bohemian National [...]

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