While jazz has sometimes been seen in a negative light, it has recently
             experienced a more positive appreciation. In addition, the different
             aspects of jazz have gained a greater appreciation. According to Gunther
             Schuller, jazz is worth much more. He says jazz has evolved from:
             humble beginnings that were hardly more than sociological
             manifestations of a particular American melee, has developed as an
             art form that not only possesses a unique capacity for individual and
             collective expression, but in the process of maturing, has gradually
             acquired certain intellectual properties . . . Its strength has been
             such that it has attracted interests in all strata of intellectual
             and creative activity. (Gunther qtd. in Gennari).
             From this perspective, we can begin to appreciate the Third Stream
             movement. This movement finds its roots in the 1950s and it came about as
             the result of a conflict of desires and ambitions.
             According to Gennari, the 1950s were a critical time for jazz because
             the "music itself was in the process of assimilating and transforming the
             momentous aesthetic advancements of bebop; not only because the cool, Third
             Stream, and free experiments were taking jazz to places it had never been
             before" (Gennari 478). Understanding how this movement came to be lies in
             America's changing cultural landscape.
             During this time, jazz was beginning to earn fame not only nationally
             but abroad as well. Jazz was also being perceived as an art form to be
             studied. As a result, many sub genres of jazz emerged and although they
             may have been reflected as art forms in and of themselves, all of jazz has
             Gennari explains the divide that existed between swing and bebop as a "a
             dispute between groups that were simply looking for different things from
             the music. The established audience was looking for familiar rhythms and
             melodies ...