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Jason comes off as the leader of some high school clique intent on enforc­ing the shal­low behav­ioral norms of ado­les­cence (woe to the kid who wears the wrong brand of sneak­ers).

And then I get a request to think about and comment on this YouTube video of Jason Marsalis (jazz drummer extraordinaire and proponent of traditional jazz values). Why would anyone bother to do this you ask?

Now, after all is said and done, I can’t say I agree completely with Jason’s rant….in that I believe because the very spirit of jazz is one of growth, progress and exploration, that there is a place for complex meters and chromatic, cerebral improvisation.

Music master Jason Marsalis helps students hone chops for competition

Career delayed by Hurricane Katrina, brother Jason back on track with vibes, drums

From the press rolls of Baby Dodds, to Max Roach;s four-limbed independence, to the metric modulations of Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Marsalis has mastered the rhythms of the jazz tradition.

Jason Marsalis, the youngest of the legendary Marsalis clan, drums to a different beat for BigEasy.com.