In an overwritten but informative blog post . . . Our resident Kansas City jazz blogger attempts to explain a recent concert announcement . . .
KC Jazzlark: "Last week, the Overland Park South Rotary joyfully announced that the 27-year old Corporate Woods Jazz Festival, better known as Jazz in the Woods, has morphed into the SoJo Summerfest. Announcing a lineup that boasts country rock, Celtic pop and both Elton John and U2 cover bands, organizers proclaimed with glee in a press release, “As you can see from our talented group of home-grown bands from Kansas City, SoJo Summerfest is definitely not a jazz concert.”"
Translation . . .
THE GOLDEN GHETTO REJECTS OLD SCHOOL KANSAS CITY JAZZ FOR MORE FOOD & BOOZE BACKGROUND MUSIC!!!
There's a myth that the signature sound of Kansas City is renowned throughout the land but the reality is that local promoters and club owners have a hard time attracting a crowd strictly by way of local jazz musicians.
You decide . . .
Mostly a nigger thing; niggers, generally unwelcome where humans dwell in Overland Park, would show up and ook and eek their nigger jive every year. Their children swung from the trees like monkeys and of course all the adults smelled hideous since they don't ever bother bathing, let alone act civilized.
ReplyDeleteWe humans got sick of threatening them and slashing their bald tires so the best course was to just change the program to something more human and less nigger.
Cover bands? Celtic pop? Country rock? Those genre's are nowhere near close to jazz. Pop & Rock... sure but it's not jazz. It looks like jazz is dead on OPKS.
ReplyDeleteIt's all about business. Just like that failed writer trolling @1:38 - Racist shitbag pretending that he's in charge of anything.
ReplyDeleteJazz just isn't very popular anymore, whether you're white, black or purple. Get used to reality. Nobody wants to run a festival featuring music nobody wants to hear.
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