Olu Dara

Now that jazz has attained snooty-concert-hall respectability, it's time to confront one
inevitable downside: The music isn't much fun anymore. Neotraditionalists dispense it like
cod-liver oil. The scholars solemnly transform tender ballads into mathematical
abstractions. There are few entertainers. Once a primary soundtrack of urban
experience, jazz no longer speaks to daily life: It's too professional to celebrate... More >