History of Jazz Archeology: Jazz music is an important part of our culture. Since its birth in the U.S.A. in the beginning of the 20th century, it has conquered the world. It has grown, it has changed, and it has survived. Through the years more than one million young artists have called themselves “jazz musicians” or something to that sort. This estimate is impossible to prove, but it is a fact that until the early 1980s, 65 000 musicians had visited a studio to make a jazz record (ref. Walter Bruyninckx. “60 years of recorded jazz”). Imagine what the number must be today. The number of different records, from the early 78 rpm.s of various sizes, through the EP and LP stage, to the current CD products, must be equally … Read entire article »