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"Jazz is a form of manneristic interpretation. As with fashions what is important is show, not the thing itself... Jazz, like everything else in the culture industry, gratifies desires only to frustrate them at the same time."

~Theodor W. Adorno, "Perennial Fashion"

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Online resources

A Jazz Quartet Performance - The Teacup Variations, from Spontaneous Rituals

Spontaneous Rituals - Splash page for the TAJQ project with Snorkel Films

Jazz Quartet scores from the year 1997 - (some have been performed, some not)

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Quartet Personnel

Hikaru Wasabe

Dervish Jones

The Mover

Stalin Hooperville

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Critical commentaries

The Fetishes of Theodor Adorno - We refuse to comment. We comment to refuse. We comment to comment. We refuse to refuse.