For more than 40 years of the last century Jazz was the main dance music of popular culture.It was of course ousted from that position,

For the performer of Jazz the most satisfying is to have people dancing to your music Even with elements of free jazz, jazz needs to reclaim its position. The way it needs to do that is to provide a consistency in the music - this can be achieved by giving a greater emphasis to the rhythm section and to do without the piano which has the effect of reducing the overall tempo. The horn soloists and improvisors should also be more decorative to the rhythm section.

Jazz should also claim back Latin and Caribbean influences making the invitation to dance more obvious..