Jazz and Impostor Syndrome

Is It OK to Like Jazz if You Don't Understand It?

By Rick Anderson

Last year I had a slightly heartbreaking email conversation with a young colleague. She mentioned that she had gone to a show at a famous jazz club, and as we conversed it became very clear that she was generally hesitant to go to jazz shows because, although she truly enjoyed jazz, she didn’t really know much about it, and was worried a…