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"because people only want jazz in the small little shoe-horned version of it they have in their mind " Cappybara makes a good point. Jazz is a very big tent, with a great variety of styles that can fall within its definition, but many folks define it quite narrowly. My parents dug swing, but be-bop didn't do it for them. If you are a trad-jazz fan, Metheny ain't your man. But all the categories are timeless, and recur in our music landscape in a cyclical way. A new Hollywood movie or Broadway show containing any of these will spawn derivatives on the field and guard floor almost instantly. "Pop" jazz is the entry drug: Vince Geraldi's "Peanuts" score, Mangione's "Land of Make Believe", Maynard's "Rocky"...etc. all produced a new awareness of the form and led to broader popularity even of the more complex styles. Another factor is that, generally, most current corps show designers are not as exposed to jazz (in all its forms) as they would have been 40 years ago. It's just not on the current media landscape to the same extent. When I worked as staff producer for Concord Jazz records in the '80s, industry research regularly compared categories like Pop, Rock, R&B, Country and Jazz with reference to commercial market share. On the weekly pie graph, jazz accounted for about 5%, and this was at the height of Chuck and Chick's popularity. That said, the art form always had a far deeper influence on our culture than record sales alone can indicate. Besides, as we all know, "Ellington is Forever".

And to cross musical genres further, they do a jazz interpretation of Rite of Spring. One of the most complex shows performed to date and one of my favorite BD shows of all time.

MAASIN (Marching Arts Access, Safety, and Inclusion Network) has released a report on concerning allegations at The Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps The report can be seen at www.MAASIN.net Edited title to better reflect the contents in the report edited to correct web address (thanks JimF-LowBari

Let me tell the story correctly. As best I know it. Please do some research I may forget somethings. - Cavaliers finish marching their show. Cavaliers director tells G.Hop ( Cadets DIRECTOR at the time) there's no hash marks on the field. -Hop says thanks, I'll go ask Tony DiCarlo(show coordinator) why there are no hash marks on the field. (Drum corps back then marched complex field show majority of there alotted time) -The show coordinator tells Hop the field crew forgot to re-line the field after the break. After getting approval the Show coordinator tells Hop to hold to corps off the field, we'll line the field for the last couple of corps. -The uninformed Crowd, assumed Hop told the Cadets not march their show until the field is lined. DCI told The Cadets to stay off the field. Causing a delay. -The crowd went January 6th 2021 on The Cadets.(minus the violence) -Others who were there and may be closer to the Cadets, will give the story behind the story. ( I was there from may Spring training to the last show in August.)

Not sure if it's been said before BUT when the OP asked the question one has to ask how old they may be. I do believe jazz has not gone away but asking the age of someone in this case may be relevant. If you ask some of us, recent may be 5 ,10, 20 or even 30 years ago, ask someone who is 18, 20, 25 or even 30 what recent is ,its not 10 or 20 or more years ago, that's ancient. 20 years ago which is only the year 2000 may be before a poster was born . If it's been said, sorry for posting, It would make my statement ancient..lol I guess recent can be subjective, depending on whom one speaks to...lol

Honestly I think the props only worked from field level. Once put in a line, as in the closer, the picture came into view, but from box level you couldn't tell. I think with a different prop design, they could have placed higher, but sadly that (and the guard writing to the underlying melody, because the guard executed what they were given very well) held them back. I feel like this has been the case though two seasons in a row, and I hope this won't be the case going into 2021.

I have never, in almost 40 years in the activity, seen the kind of crowd love Academy got just entering the stadium for finals retreat.

I like this thread because it 'reintroduces' me to some of my favorite shows. Man...Academy. Drum Corpse Bride was seriously lightning in a bottle. The Danse, the xylobones, the uniforms, the gravestones, the closer! And most of all the relationship they'd built with the crowd through the season as they made finals for the first time with what was seriously a crowd favorite.

Even in the music industry "real world" this manifests every few years in the following statement: "Jazz is dead, man." Then, somebody comes along to literally blow that fallacy out of the water. In the '50s it was Brubeck and Cal Tjader, in the '60s, Maynard (and do not even think of dissing him in my presence) and Herbie, in the '70s', say hello to Chuck and Chick. Later we get Cobham (drum corps alumnus, like Corea), Spyro Gyra, Yellowjackets, Weather Report, Wynton...the d@mn thing just won't die. Don't fret. We'll hear and see it in D&B corps again, sooner rather than later. Stay tuned.

Very true! To me, it is difficult to think of anything in this century as "old", given how old I am! 😃 But you are right, there are marching members who were not even born when this century started!!!!!

Sorry but you mean www.MAASIN.net 2 As and not 2 Ss... And bit of scary reading as far as no or very delayed responses