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Well, modern "classical" is definitely where a lot of "art" (or ahht, if you prefer) resides, but I wouldn't say it's exclusive to classical or jazz.
Certainly orchestras and conductors playing music that is hundreds of years old, performing "interpretations" that are akin to going into a massive piece of literature and adding tiny underlines or italics here and there are just as guilty of "regression" as any perennial garage revivalist. I would argue they are possibly more regressive, just because they are operating under some kind of high-brow delusion. The garage revivalist rarely harbors notions of originality or self-importance; they're just having a good time and using Vox instuments to do it.
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