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Sunday 27 May 2012

Swingers, etc

I was almost going to work myself into a fit of indignation over Mi chael Henderson's throwaway reference to jazz in the Telegraph. ("Why is it not one of the high arts? Because nothing is at stake. 'Kind of Blue', brilliantly played and absolutely cold, proves the case.") Er, does it? As I'm feeling under the weather at the moment,  I'll wait to see if Norm Geras tackles this one. The art-vs-entertainment question is certainly one that's worth airing: Benny Green and Ted Gioa, for instance, have both written excellent books with very similar titles: "The Reluctant Art" and "The Imperfect Art". Over at Sebastian Scotney's blog  they're discussing the question  "Is rock criticism dead?". Mercury Prize judge Simon Frith joins in the comments. Sebastian and Peter Hum also deserve our thanks for highlighting a clip  - from Mike Judge's new film, "Extract" - which provides the last word on a certain kind of fusion fan.

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