Barry, thanks for your thoughts! I love your idea of listening to all music as a kid would, with open ears and no preconceptions.

As for Twitter, I can tell you that I’ve made so many amazing connections since joining. I never thought I’d be in the “Twitter camp”, but that’s where I find myself.

Additionally, this post is one of the few compelling arguments I’ve ever heard for why you should be on twitter. I have to admit, I’ve been stubbornly resisting signing up for twitter for ages because I just haven’t seen the point; perhaps I should have a rethink…

It was also great to read about how involved the kids were with what you were doing. At that age, they seem to be so open to anything that it’s tragic to see close-minded some of them can become just a few years later when they’re teenagers and peer pressure kicks in properly.

It just goes to show that if you take all the prejudice and sociological pigeon-holing away just LISTEN, good music of any genre will press the right buttons every time. Apparently jazz is supposed to be ‘complex’ or ‘difficult’ and yet when they don’t ‘know’ that in advance, even young kids can appreciate it.

Actually, writing this comment has just taught me a new life lesson – to strive to listen to any new music like an elementary school kid!

Cool.

Jazz + education + Twitter = Awesomeness!

Love It!