Today's Guardian G2 carries an interview with pianist Ahmad Jamal. Something he said was, I think, worthy of quotation -

"Things are in a mess, and that's an understatement; so much is being lost because of greed. There are very few authentic, pure approaches to life now. But this music is one of them, and it continues to be."

The music is jazz, though I learn from the interview that the Maestro calls it "American classical music".
Fair enough.