Maybe THIS is the end of jazz

The article's entitled - Making Gap Between Jazz and Classical
Disappear.  Yet another reason why jazz is no longer popular.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/19/arts/music/19SHIP.html

Making Gap Between Jazz and Classical Disappear

By JON PARELES

Published: November 19, 2003

The music notation probably looks similar for compositions by the
pianists Sylvie Courvoisier, a classical composer who also improvises,
and Matthew Shipp, whose background is in modern jazz. Both are fond
of dissonant chords and clusters that make way for skittering
commotion; both use terse melodic motifs, often exploring a single
interval, and both come up with complex ostinatos.

Each pianist led a string trio — with violin and bass for Mr. Shipp
and violin and cello for Ms. Courvoisier — at Merkin Hall on Monday
night in a smart double bill that recognized the disappearing gap
between modern classical music and jazz. But their trio music was as
disparate as a moderated panel discussion and a street-corner preacher
with an active congregation.


[There's more, but you'll have to go look it up.]