No, I don't want to get into everyone's definition exactly, but take a moment and read this before you post. We have had similar threads in a way, but this is still a bit different and interesting.

Last night I was watching "Jazz at Lincoln Center" and they were talking about their "Essential Ellington" project. Click Here for Info. Take a minute and read about it.........Okay.....It's a pretty neat project getting jazz into schools......Beethoven, Mozart, and Ellington. The idea being that kids are least introduced to jazz and can put the jazz greats up there with the likes of Mozart.

They picked Duke Ellington as defining jazz in the 20th century and of course I immediately started thinnking that somebody else might have been better. But what they are doing is taking one great who covers it best and all, and setting up a competition around his music. Under that situation and after a good deal of thought I began to realize that the Duke was an inspired choice!

So let's say this same kind of thing is done with Folk Music.....and it ain't a bad idea.....Who defines Folk based on the same criterion as Ellington defining Jazz?

Spaw