Summary Of A People's Music By Sidney Finkelstein
Sidney Finkelstein, scholar and well-known music critic outlines the origins of jazz and its development in his essay “A People’s Music”. African-American musician and columnist for the Chicago Defender, Dave Peyton, also describes the different types of jazz in his article, “A Black Journalist Criticizes Jazz”. Finkelstein and Peyton both have experience in music critiquing and acknowledge the skill and musicianship required for jazz. However, Peyton argues that jazz is a lesser form of other music genres and states “jazz is on the wane” (Walser 62), while Finkelstein disagrees and declares “jazz has given us a liberal education” (Walser 138), arguing that jazz music is on par with other genres and allows the listener to appreciate aspects