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[@tishawngonsalves1350]

Thanks so much for your thoughts your perspective is a breath of fresh air amongst the jazz channels on KZbin that completely disconnect the historical realities that Jazz artist faced expressing their art, and the just regurgitate the same information about pressings and best list without ever really understanding what the music is about.

[@TheJazzShepherd]

Its just nauseating hearing people who dont even understand history , trying to speak about jazz.... Appreicate your kind thoughts my friend

[@Jackgrahamphotograph]

San..been busy traveling…getting caught up on your vids….I appreciate you ability to communicate and hopefully get folks to think….I travel internationally a lot and agree with your thoughts on life beyond the USA!, keep going my friend… your doing a very interesting and thought provoking service and I for one appreciate it. There so much hate these days and so little respect. There are ( unfortunately) days I am glad I a, not 25 years old again…sad! Thank you…JG

[@yardbird7921]

Am always encouraged to play some vinyl after tuning in to the Jazz Shepherd. I like the jigsaw analogy too. Greetings fae Scotland!

[@TheJazzShepherd]

That Jigsaw puzzle really stand up to scrutiny

[@Jackgrahamphotograph]

Sorry about the spelling…it’s late here but I wanted to chime in….thanks Dan!

[@drazenbabich]

Ignore the naysayers, Dan… stay on your path, we all need someone like you! Greetings from far away New Zealand!

[@TheJazzShepherd]

Thnx my friend, I dont think I have ever had a NON American disagree with my political comments!!?? Which is very validating actually... and kinda makes sense, Glad the rest of the world sees what I see

[@peterdunlop7885]

Hey Dan, keep on doing your thing🤓. I liked the Puzzle piece analogy. I live in Scotland; small country, ancient history. But I’ve also travelled to many different countries; and it definitely does open your mind to new ideas and perspectives. 😎

[@walpoleandworcester]

I’ve had so much going on in my life this year so I’m just getting back into the channel. Hope you’ve been well, Dan!

[@TheJazzShepherd]

Well great to hear from you brutha!!

[@timemer3068]

Amen, Brother! Keep on preachin'

[@chrisnicol1644]

1... You need to be in the senate.... 2....I have the Complete Bill Evan's at the Village Vanguard, 1961... Really good stuff...

[@2WheelsGood]

preach! couldn't agree more. thanks for being brave and speaking publicly on this topic. and love the puzzle analogy. one love dan!

[@TheJazzShepherd]

THNX BRUTHA

[@TheJazzShepherd]

The puzzle pieces is a great way to break it down Thnkx for watching

[@geraldford7357]

I like this video. This comment echos many of the themes you discuss in the video. This comment is very long. I felt it was important to write my thoughts out at least as an informal exercise. As a college student, I agree with your perspective. I appreciate hearing these concepts explicitly stated. Even though I hold similar opinions, societal norms in conjunction with status-quo bias will have me second guessing myself. I find it difficult to live in today's world and yet be a product of it. From my (inherently) flawed perspective, it seems that both the faults of older generations and the faults of newer generations are at display constantly. Behavioral traps like loss aversion (not willing to change anything that could increase short-term losses), peak-end rule/glorified nostalgia, and reference dependence (does cardinality even matter if we are only slightly left from large right) which have set a terrible foundation for american politics are being reinforced by parental/societal figures to today's youth. This occurs alongside a rise in media illiteracy (no matter what political opinions someone has, they will probably say america is illiterate) and trying to take manufactured social networks with an overly formal lens (over-importance on self-presentation/self-identification). I find myself often struggling with this hyper-specialization as I often am unable to sincerely relate to others because my mind defaults to the thought process that boils down to the heuristic that "if they do not have the same puzzle pieces as me then they don't matter as much". I thought the propaganda point with china was interesting. It reminded me of a conversation that was had in my international economics course where the question was posed "why does China decide to consistently devalue the yuan when they have the opportunity"? Instead of an obvious connection to terms of trade/foreign demand, another student in the course responded that "I don't think every country has the best intentions for their citizens in their mind". Even american politicians (as blantantly biased as they are) must believe that their actions will lead to a better america. Why would you think that an economic powerhouse would decide to sabotage their own people just because they thought they deserved it? I cannot say for certain that her answer was entirely fueled by propaganda, but I am confident it played a major role. I believe this is an example of american stupidity. Empathy needs to be included within the personal economic (possibly financial) framework. The internet and fast transportation has exposed the need for global empathy rather than local empathy. But humans haven't evolved to this need yet. I believe that the political framework should be reworked to reflect this. Higher importance on global ambassadors within the decision making process (probably needs to be some voting form) to bring these global puzzle pieces before. I will conclude this rant by saying that everyone feels the pain of the world accurately but is unable to correctly diagnose it. As a note to music: Been listening to bobby hutcherson a lot recently. Stick up and San Francisco really drive it to me. I will definitely listen to Dave Pike soon since I've been digging vibes recently. The manipulation of jazz (really all music) by structure/composition can often feel like a corporate structure to me (I don't think I am saying anything profound here). Everything must be documented, even the unimportant non-meaningful crap. Even has been exposed within rap and I feel we are getting out of the hyper-corporate realm as there are successful artist owned record labels (GxFR, Backwoodz, 10k) are the ones fronting/creating music that is directly pushing the genre this decade.

[@TheJazzShepherd]

really well stated my friend!!! I enjoyed your thoughts and reiterating of them

[@TheJazzShepherd]

propaganda informs so many,.. so in totality, they can not see their own blindness

[@brucevair-turnbull8082]

Nice to hear the rant, Dan. I'm afraid (the terrible truth is) most people don't read books anymore. I know as I teach in higher education. Many students don't know/care where the campus library is. Instagram is seemingly, where it's at. Your analogy of 'the puzzle' has echoes of the Overton window.

[@TheJazzShepherd]

Yea Fkn Instagram and mind numbing social media in general...its killing a generation of kids... reading is so valuable.. but the powers that be have frowned upon it, n would ban all knowledge if they could figure out how.... Growth and collecting puzzle pieces takes investment in self, and that concept in and of itself is a dying breed... I know many virtual people, where all they have done is on line.. esp the younger crowd.. I am not familiar with this Overton u speak of .... but will look into it!

[@aleksanderlitvak6973]

What is the music on the background? It’s really good

[@TheJazzShepherd]

Bill Evans

[@aleksanderlitvak6973]

@@TheJazzShepherd what album?

[@TheJazzShepherd]

Explorations@@aleksanderlitvak6973

[@MrLLT911]

Dan, your comment “fishing in the dark” toward the end of the video made me laugh out loud! Very obscure reference but perfectly chosen. Excellent episode my friend.

[@bellce0]

Great commentary, Dan. Thanks for not tiptoeing around the issues!

[@TheJazzShepherd]

thnx brutha ! ! Some times u just gave to make your stand

[@alpep1307]

All genres of music has political aspects.. you can’t deny that. Be you. Be true to yourself. Without integrity what do we have. Although I don’t always agree about the music you ve turned me on to great stuff. Ps I love my sound system!

[@MrLLT911]

Keep doing what you do, Dan! It’s much appreciated by those who “get it”. So many of the haters believe the earth is flat…so their opinion is meaningless. If you take away all music which contains politics…there would be very little music. Especially true for jazz.

[@TheJazzShepherd]

THNX BRUTHA!!!

[@gavinshaunbeck5486]

Thanks so much the perfect time , You gave your opinion. Thank . It all about the Music JAZZ

[@willyb188]

So glad your no longer giving the finger and telling the trolls to f**k off. Loved this video, Dan! This is the shepherd content I love to digest, without sinking to troll level. Great episode, both from a socially conscious POV, and of course that of a jazz historian. Remember - Trolls only keep their power, if one let's them inside one's head. Otherwise they remain irrelevant bantha fodder.

[@geoffnelson4777]

Dan, keep on keepin' on, man,

[@je830]

Jazz IS political- especially during the golden Civil Rights era. If you don't get it, then you're not really listening.

[@TheJazzShepherd]

well said my friend, it has to be said at times

[@colsonjones8682]

Maybe so. I being a bit of a jazz snob assumed that people who like this style of music are deeper thinkers and are generally knowledgeable about stuff. I can be wrong. Everyone has their own taste and appreciation of things and what our friend Dan does can be important especially by what you commented. I guess I was just shocked by how angry he seemed and all the F bombs on that particular show. The Jazz Shepherd and I are cool and I appreciate what you said,

[@JorgeRodriguez-my6ej]

Stunning and brave.

[@TheJazzShepherd]

thnx my friend

[@miketomlin6040]

You are incorrect. B Sanders is classified as a Social Democrat. Seeks 59% Income Tax Rates for the top tier. A Centrist in the USA, Iceland, Mongolia, etc etc. Not ''centre left''!!, their rates are around 75-85%. Ask a Pol Scientist to explain the compass/spectrum criteria to you.

[@TheJazzShepherd]

You are kinda making my point, he is painted as some extreme left in this country!!>>

[@miketomlin6040]

@@TheJazzShepherd You stated he was ''centre left'' a fallacy. It's folks like you who misrepresent the science/criteria who prevent the actual Left - in the USA essentilly the Green Party - getting much support. It is a common 'tactic' in the Media to call th Democrats the ''Left'' even though they are a Centre Right party ! If you want the Left get more votes stop doing this!!

[@Raypirri]

Onya Dan. Dig deep always Dude. Your perspective gives us in the “outside world”, some hope that there is some sanity within America. Gil Evans / Miles Davis’ work is an example of what “we are supposed to listen to” in Jazz- maybe another form of brainwashing…thanks for feeding me even more puzzle pieces.

[@TheJazzShepherd]

Isnt that a cool way of seeing it all!!!???

[@Raypirri]

A brilliant way! I’m going to use it in my philosophy of life as I reflect on our actions as humans…So good! Cheers my Man!

[@TheJazzShepherd]

u in Australial??@@Raypirri

[@Raypirri]

@@TheJazzShepherd yep sure am. On east coast- close to the most easterly point at Byron Bay. Unfortunately a wealthy area so super conservative and climate change deniers…🤬and now our political parties are following the Trump methodology of feeding “bullshit to the mushrooms”😖😩

[@TonySchmiesing]

Speak.

[@TheJazzShepherd]

thnx my friend

[@TonySchmiesing]

@@TheJazzShepherd Absolutely. Critical to hear somebody speak truth to power so eloquently, especially given the context of the music, the platform and where we still find ourselves unfortunately. Mahalo from Berkeley.

[@lawrencelipkin]

A unified politic could drive change. Vote Democrat. We're messy but we care about people.

[@colsonjones8682]

Slow down Dan. I really appreciate your knowledge of Jazz music and I appreciate many of your political views. But you keep going on and on about your opinions and everything. I used to look forward to your shows but I don’t need to be constantly bombarded by all your opinions about things besides jazz. I love you brother but get off your soap box please. I think you have a good heart but you’ve become a bore. I know you have personal struggles lately but it seems to have spilled over to your program. We all have reasons to be bitter with the present state of society. But you’re too over the top. Take a deep breath.

[@TheJazzShepherd]

Constantly bombarded?? I think its just been the last 2 episodes that have had anything aside from jazz in them?? But Alas... we are all entitled to have opinions and perceptions my friend, ....advice received.... however nothing is ever scripted or really planned.. so often what comes out is just where I happen to be that day !?

[@colsonjones8682]

I understand Dan and I appreciate. As an old black guy who grew up in NYC and a life long jazz fan, learned a lot more about jazz than I thought. So more power to you. But you’re preaching to the choir in my case because I live what you talk about. Your show was like a refuge to all the bull hear and I got angry because my cool place to hang out seems to have disappeared at times. It’s your show and do what makes you happy. I still dig the heck out of you and maybe I need to chill as well!

[@PacificTimeSoul]

These are conversions about Jazz, not cheese and you can't have Jazz without the political context in which these musical works of art were created.

[@colsonjones8682]

@@PacificTimeSoul I guess you don’t get what I’m trying to say. Do you think those artists were always trying to be political? They were trying to be creative and earn a living under harsh circumstances. We should all know that by now.

[@TheJazzShepherd]

its all good brutha!! I try to keep it jazz centric... n yes you def have lived it here in this country... apprecaite your comments my friend@@colsonjones8682

[@BuddyBoo123]

I came for the music and all I hear is a bunch of identity politics and here today Gone tomorrow dialectics. Unsubscribed

[@TCizauskas]

Dialectic -- a dialogue between people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to arrive at the truth through reasoned argumentation -- disturbs you?

[@TheJazzShepherd]

well said my friend~~~

[@kennethtams-ys5gq]

Identify Politic's + Black Fingernails= Propaganda Victim. "Jazz is Free"? Minus American Cukholding through Rockefeller Education Programming? Music ain't got shit to do with all that MK Ultra Propaganda and Conditioning.