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Is Pop the Future of Jazz?

Reboot

The music is hot again, but it’s happening outside of the traditional jazz economy and some jazz musicians are scornful when they should be jumping for joy.

Ted Gioia

Published May 28 2016 12:01AM EDT

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I’ve been hearing jazz in the most unlikely places lately.

I didn’t expect to encounter a trumpeter playing New Orleans style jazz on the new Beyoncé album Lemonade.

Ted Gioia

Ted Gioia

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