His music alone disproved the casual dictum that jazz is dead.

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The dead get the typical "jazz funerals" again, and parades, whether for sad or joyous occasions, are followed by the unique, celebratory "second line" parades, as they always have been.

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Classical (ditto jazz) is a fascinating niche industry annually pronounced dead but more alive than ever.

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Mr. BROWN: The Grateful Dead, you know, they actually had a lot of jazz influences, and, I mean, their music was very, you know, free form and it went on and on and it was always something different.

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