The Spectator discovers jazz, again

Spectator Australia · Aaron Shuster · Monday 4 May 2026

The Spectator discovers jazz, again

A Spectator Australia column announces a jazz renaissance led by young prodigies, filed from Toronto by a writer rediscovering what was never lost.

A jazz column in the Spectator Australia, filed from Toronto, telling us the prodigies have relit the torch. Mate, the torch never went out — you just stopped going to the gigs. Every generation discovers jazz the way every generation discovers sex, and writes about it with the same breathless surprise.

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