laufey, white-washing, & is jazz gatekept?

“is laufey jazz“...“why is jazz so gatekeepy?“... hello, your internet jazz vocalist here to give her two cents. this is my first time making a video like this but after seeing @AdamNeely’s video and several discussions surrounding laufey, i felt moved to share some of my own thoughts there’s a lot i have left to say but i’ll leave it here for now. what are your thoughts on laufey and jazz? i don’t usually make videos like this so let me know if this is something you’d like to see again in the future. 🌻socials🌻 website: insta: twitter: bandcamp: spotify: references & further reading: - To Be or Not to Bop: Memoirs of Dizzy Gillespie, Dizzy Gillespie - The Problem with White Hipness: Race, Gender, and Cultural Conceptions in Jazz Historical Discourse, Ingrid Monson - Black Women Working Together: Jazz, Gender, and the Politics of Validation, Tammy L. Kernodle