Get Over It ­ Get On With It ­ And Play Ball!
by Anne Freeman, I'm a member of the rock n roll generation, the first to grow up with rock n roll. We listened to it ­ lived it ­ aspired to it - and feel somewhat of a proprietary ownership of it. And that's natural, because in one sense rock n roll is "ours."

by Mark Kirby, Jazz comes in many flavors. Whether we're talking about straight ahead jazz, avant garde jazz, or jazz rock fusion, each type has its own rules and a fervent audience, including critics, that thinks that they hold the holy grail, the one true jazz. At the same time, each type of jazz has absorbed a myriad of influences and constantly revitalizes and reinvents itself. This truth has not stopped virtually all jazz writers and critics and many of the music's fans, from uniting in their disdain for what is called smooth jazz. And yet this music gets more airplay and sells more records than most forms of jazz and is loved by audiences.