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versionJBT
Always found it odd the mainstream media is saying she's a jazz musician introducing pop fans to jazz. It seems like the opposite is the case to me.
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kmullin
She's a pop musician introducing jazz fans to pop? I don't think so – pop music is everywhere whether anybody likes it or not. We all hear it. Laufey's melodies are nice and the chords progressions are cool. But, she didn't introduce that to jazz fans. She just is returning to the earlier pop music before the 1970s. I don't know why they call her a jazz musician. I doubt that she can actually play jazz. They called Norah Jones & Kenny G jazz musicians too. It doesn't really matter what you call it, but she isn't dialed into the 'black classical music' tradition. She does sing some jazz-like licks though, but jazz is more than just quotations.
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versionJBT
Thank you for the edifying lecture, Wikipedia. My actual point is that I've seen many jazz fans across the web expressing they're checking out her and adjacent artists now despite previously not being into pop music. I think that's neat. And I agree she's far more pop than jazz. That's why it doesn't make as much sense to say she's introducing anyone to jazz, but makes far more sense to say she's a pop gateway for others.
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kmullin
I don't read much about Laufey on the interwebs or about folks that only listen to jazz listening to Laufey. Just speaking from my experience of myself and knowing musicians that listen to different stuff. And, reading about the famous folks (e.g. Coltrane listening to ragas, Miles to Stockhausen & Cyndi Lauper, Bud to Bach, Bird to Stravinsky, etc.). Maybe these are young students of jazz that only listen to jazz because they still need more study of the structures? To me, wider ears improve musicianship. So, I would guess it's only a subset of jazz fans. But, who knows since there are probably no statistics on anything...
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brunaurshe
i love laufey to death but her fans are unfathomably annoying especially the ones on tik tok
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rensselaer
last.fm bot on Discord still shows her genre as only "Gen Z singer-songwriter." is there any way to get the bot to update its sync with the tags currently on the artist page?
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picklecat44
Went through her discog and Laufey doesnt have a single bad song!! No misses!! Welcome back Astrud Gilberto
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cintathecoolest
She definitely deserved that Grammy imo , what a fantastic album Bewitched is 💯🔥
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