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Just tell us the reaction Vic, god damn.  
Bless your soul.  :amen:
I only know a few teachers who like jazz artists. No students.
In HS, there were a few kids I knew of who liked jazz, including myself.
Did anyone else here have incidents where they were "shy" to buy/listen to smooth jazz?
No.  I've even bought showtunes.
Heh, reminds me of the time I went to Borders to buy the second TWC CD, and the cashier, who was an older women, looked at it, she said "you're a young person who likes jazz?
Not one thing wrong with that.  I wish more would be...eradicate that BS rap.