It isn't really sufficient to address this question according to a general category "jazz", since Jazz comes in so many flavors.

Many of us are quite fond of some jazz, and less fond of other jazz. My preference is for melodic music, and therefore I don't particularly like dissonance. Some flavors of Jazz can venture pretty far into the blue notes, and although I find it interesting from a theoretical point of view, I don't find it pleasant to listen to.

On the other hand, I find jazz artists like Johnny Smith, Hank Garland etc (whose chordal melodies amaze me) quite enjoyable.

My reason for not PLAYING jazz is that in North Carolina there's more demand for just about every other kind of music, so it boils down to commercial viability

Last edited by Pat Marr; 05/20/13 11:58 PM.
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