laufey, white washing, is jazz gatekept

is laufey is jazz so 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