LIGHT MUSIC
Sir,-Under Hitler’s Fascism jazz was banned, and is likewise today under Comimunism-hence for «the modern musician the new name for the system ‘of Commufascism, Many famous composers have written music for the jazz idiom, but it seems nevertheless that the non-musician critics will always be with us. How many of these critics could hold a sheet of written transcribed jazz in one hand and a sheet of any other music in the other and then say which was music and which was not? As any musician knows, a _ thorough musical education of scales, chards, transposing, etc., is required to be efficient in any music, not to mention acquiring the skill to perform on an instrument. The American Negroes have made some very commendable contributions to music, and so many of them show dexterity on an instrument and a natural improvisational talent that is amazing. A sharp contrast to Commufascism is in the United States where the Colum-
bia University has appointed Sydney Gross, formerly of London, as Professor of Jazz, the Institute of Arts and Sciences now recognising jazz as a cultural art form. As Leonard Feather, noted critic of modern music, said, "Freedom to listen to music includes the freedom to listen to jazz."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 818, 1 April 1955, Page 20
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209LIGHT MUSIC New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 818, 1 April 1955, Page 20
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