I guess whether you think jazz is dead is partly dependent on how far you're willing to stretch what you count as jazz--which, I suppose, is the problem--jazz h

I guess whether you think jazz is dead is partly dependent on how far you're willing to stretch what you count as jazz--which, I suppose, is the problem--jazz has become so diffuse. A lot of the more recent stuff I listen to is on John Zorn's Tzadik label, which leans toward the avant-garde and 'radical jewish culture' thing. So it's already pretty tangential, jazz-wise. But I still remember the first time I listened to a Coltrane album, I think it was Live at the Village Vanguard, and it was like a third eye opening in my head.