Jazz and Extreme Politics
Jazz is a multi-spectral genre of music of African American origin. It utilizes a complex set of music theory, diverse influences, and has an emphasis on improvisation. It requires great skill and talent to play correctly, and demands an individual voice and artistic vision. It also historically has both social and spiritual dimensions.
Communism is a form of government based on an economic theory wherein private ownership of property and wealth is absorbed into a statist collective. In such a social structure, the individual will is absorbed into the will of the state. This, despite its claims to provide fairness for one and all. A communist government must, by necessity, suppress deviation from the paradigms of the state (admittedly, other forms of government do the exact same thing; even those diametrically opposed to communism. But that is a discussion outside the conceptual framework of this post).
In the bigger picture, the true spirit of jazz, and the practical application of communist theory to social order are incompatible. They cannot coexist. Granted, some jazz musicians and listeners may be communists - or at least far left. I’ve known a few such people; they are idealists who believe in a utopian vision for humanity that is quite impossible to put into practice.
Jazz, blues, and R&B came from the African American musical tradition. While white people can and have played this music beautifully and in the spirit in which it is intended, one of the requisites is a psychological and spiritual empathy with the cultural roots of this music.
National socialists are incapable of this level of psychological and spiritual empathy. This actually has a little nothing to do with their adherence to European culture. It is confined to the political unilateralism and xenophobic psychology needed to justify and maintain the violent rejection of all that is not what they consider the self.
The mindset of the national socialist cannot tolerate the existence of anything except national socialism. They have a notable incapacity for the creation of real art (I cannot think of a national socialist who is a truly outstanding musician). The music they produce only serves as a vehicle for the propagation of their political ideas; it is devoid of any emotional content beyond fear, hate, and the intoxication of victory over a defeated enemy. It cannot express love.
The idea of national socialist musicians playing jazz, blues, or R&B is, at best, an unrealistic expectation. At worst it’s a nightmarish hallucination.