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Awesome videos of modern, high quality original musical performances reflecting a variety of popular styles and genres. "My goal with Postmodern Jukebox is to get my audience to think of songs not as rigid, ephemeral objects, but like malleable globs of silly putty. Songs can be twisted, shaped, and altered without losing their identities-just as we grow, age, and expire without losing ours-and it is through this exploration that the gap between "high" and "low" art can be bridged most readily."

This is an amazing resource for any type of music class! Scott Bradlee has taken modern pop music and re-made it into jazz versions. This is a great way to introduce students to the fact that a great deal of music has been borrowed from other genres and that music is an ever evolving art form.