Indeed to both points.
I admit I did get a little carried away there, but my main theory is: Next year, Epic will probably do something Jazz-related. The most likely thing in my opinion is a GoG re-release of Jazz 1.

Basically everything else in that post was just speculation, pointing out things about the past that say that Epic might want Jazz back, and that perhaps CliffyB was indifferent, so feel free to disregard most of it.