Bernard Chasan writes: >I think that it has become fashionable to dismiss American classical >composers, and extoll jazz and, sometimes show music as well, as the >"real" American music. Steve is right- classical music is "fundamentally >different", from the others, but is vulnerable only because it is not >terribly popular. ... I'm wondering if this discussion could be broadened from those who are probably considered as *either* jazz or classical composers? It seems there are a number of those who would consider themselves members of both "streams," such as George Russell and Gunther Schuller. How do they fare in these assessments? Ed