To me, jazz is something that has evolved over time to reflect a multitude of different ideals across many eras...ever shifting. Which is why it continued to morph and split off into new forms even into the 80's and beyond. To that end, I can put Eric Dolphy or Jörgensmann on a playlist with the smooth jazz giants like Yellowjackets, Special EFX or even the video game cheeseball-fusion of DIMENSION and enjoy the overall experience. Hell, even Kenny G has chops if you go back to his earliest stuff. There's very little in jazz I haven't loved.
So gonna go with a 1 here since its one of my major cornerstones as a music fan overall.
Last edited by Anteater; 07-22-2018 at 05:25 PM.
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