[Mariner]

Jazz committed suicide.

[dfwgator]

“Jazz isn’t dead, it just smells funny.” - Frank Zappa

[nickcarraway]

I think Jazz just progressed through each phase so quickly, and there was no where else to go.

Dixieland>Big Ban>Bebop>Bop>Hard Bop>Avant Garde>Fusion (Gross simplification, but you get the point.)

[Mariner]

With an assist by Charlie Parker.