Like most things in the world, jazz needs to be updated over time so that it can continue to entertain people. New music is always being created, and for jazz to have relevance, its sound must evolve so that people don't abandon it out of boredom. Luckily, jazz involves improvisation, so no song ever sounds the same every time it's played. In Gary Moskowitz's article titled "Jazz Isn't Dead", he states: "Maybe jazz simply needs to be rebranded, re-characterized as music that can speak to people again (even frustrated young people)" ( Moskowitz 1). Jazz music is considered a symbol of the civil rights movement: the conception and growing popularity of the music, during a period of social conflict, served as a basis for reconciliation between different races. Today, if jazz could serve the same purpose, its popularity would rebound, or increase exponentially. Moskowitz states, “Many new bands are revitalizing the form in exciting ways, mixing elements of jazz (theory, improvisation, culture, and composition) with other styles to create music that is often difficult to label or classify” (Moskowitz 1). People's inability to classify new music as jazz, or to have characteristics of jazz, is what leads some to conclude that the genre is entirely