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   In article , "Larry Guichard"   
      
   wrote:   
      
      
      
   > Though I love it, jazz has never been very main stream in music.   
      
   Sure it has. As J. Scott pointed out, what's now called "the jazz age," and   
   "the swing era" that   
   followed it marked periods when the popular music of north american was jazz.   
      
   Nowadays, jazz aficionados tend to look down on popular artists who, were they   
   not popular,   
   would be hard-pressed *not* to be called jazzers. "Rock" acts such as Sting   
   and Steely Dan are   
   essentially jazz artists; and there's no need to point out how much product   
   Kenny G. moves, is   
   there?   
      
   I've been more pleased to see the "swing/sock hop" revival than I have been   
   with modern "smooth"   
   jazz; however the latter certainly has an undeniably high level of   
   musicianship.   
      
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