It boggles the mind how someone who professes to be such a "protector" of jazz is blind to the fact that he lets his own need to be "right", not only abandon all logic and reason, but lets that need undermine the very thing that he claims to love so much. To dismiss or, at minimum, downplay the accolades directed at one of the greatest practitioners of the art form (Flanagan) in order to somehow gain some personal validation is pathetic. Not to mention the harm that is done when interacting in this way, instead of keeping things positive and forward looking, with other listeners and especially with eager and thoughtful new explorers of the music. I am sorry to say that, as far as I am concerned, the only "protecting" that jazz needs is from "fans" like you, Rok.
Cheers, indeed.
Cheers, indeed.