Originally Posted By: chulaivet1966
IMO....

My music of preference is likely far more narrow than most here.
I'm no aficionado but I'll give a bump.

I've heard some jazz over the years that I find quite appealing and not as 'chaotic' sounding as others.
My dislike of jazz rears it's head when the notes/scales/key changes gets into an aimless frenzy of improvisation.
Increase the tempo 120mph and I lose more interest
It can sound like rapid, self indulgent noodling rather than a lyrical sounding song with a coherent melodic theme that gets revisited at certain points in the song.

So...maybe I just prefer the lighter (dare I say 'smooth') jazz renditions by default.

Should be interesting to here other responses.

That's my take on your query.
Carry on....

EDIT: my comments are not a reflection of the level of musicianship of jazz musicians....a 'level' that I will never achieve in this lifetime.


Aha, I've got a name for what you are describing. I call it the "Sprint Scale Exercise School of Music Style" and no doubt about it, it takes incredible skill to be able to play these notes so damn fast, but it is not very Lyrical. My wife calls it JimJam and she does not care for it much. Neither do I, but I sure would love to have the chops to play that fast : )


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Dan

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