I think you are referring to Style, and the style of accompaniment is also part of the Structure thing.

But all the Styles won't do a player any good if they don't have the underlying Structure locked in first.

Part of the fun of both listening to and playing jazz music is the way different players will invoke a different style to the same basic piece.

Was just thinking about that today, wife broke out the Christmas music CDs, and had Vince Guaraldi's wonderful interpretation of "The Little Drummer Boy", the later recording with the Flugelhorn on lead. While it is not the actual Carol in the sense that one could sing the original lyrics along with it, the framework still states that particular song. Wonderful interpretation. Love those chromatics here.






--Mac