Re: Country singer turns to jazz

Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 07:10:26 -0700
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
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In article <bdttue$123p$email-address-deleted>, Sum1
<email-address-deleted> wrote:
> The author said he never thought much of jazz or country until he actually
> listened to them. So I simply suggest he try the same with smooth jazz. I
> would suggest the same for any and all about any genre upon which you pass
> judgment without having first sampled the product.
One of the difficulties I have with "smooth jazz" is that it's not so
much a genre as an approach. And it seems an approach predicated purely
on commercial considerations. If you take out the challenging parts of
a music, flatten it out, make it more "backgroundy", etc. I would
hardly consider it a new genre.
Pop music is music that is popular. The more popular it becomes the
truer it is to a sales category, not a genre. That's where I figure
smooth jazz lives.
I've never participated in the "smooth jazz" wars, and don't figure I
should start now.
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