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a kennedy

(36,023 posts) Tue Mar 29, 2016, 08:23 PM Mar 2016

Jazz or smooth jazz??? My brother says smooth is the sound of now..... [View all]

and he gave me some of the best smooth jazz cd's ever.......I listen to jazz without the smooth, and I don't like it. Anyone else???

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Jazz or smooth jazz??? My brother says smooth is the sound of now..... [View all] a kennedy Mar 2016 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author jaysunb Mar 2016 #1

I prefer Bebop nt PasadenaTrudy Mar 2016 #2

Cowboy or regular version? sakabatou Apr 2016 #23

Another name for smooth jazz is Sanity Claws Mar 2016 #3

Music for insomniacs. hobbit709 Mar 2016 #13

well, I am friends with many jazz musicians... grasswire Mar 2016 #4

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, panader0 Mar 2016 #5

Thats a good chunk of my kind of jazz Joe Shlabotnik Mar 2016 #7

Like Kenny G... I'd rather listen to Kenny Wayne Shepherd panader0 Mar 2016 #8

A friend and I had a mystical experience at Jack's grave. 1986. callous taoboy Mar 2016 #17

My "go-to" jazz mix CD that I keep in the car: Miles Archer Mar 2016 #9

I first listened to BeBop, Charlie Parker, Monk panader0 Mar 2016 #10

Miles' "Right Off" from "Jack Johnson" Miles Archer Mar 2016 #12

My favorite jazz recording Codeine Apr 2016 #36

White people jazz. ghostsinthemachine Mar 2016 #6

Smooth jazz is not jazz. cliffordu Mar 2016 #11

Monk. His art is beyond genius. callous taoboy Mar 2016 #18

My Favorite ProfessorGAC Apr 2016 #32

Smooth jazz is what you hear being played in fancy French boutiques during biz hours GOLGO 13 Mar 2016 #14

I think one listens to smooth jazz... malthaussen Mar 2016 #15

What's Dave Brubeck? OriginalGeek Mar 2016 #16

Brubeck would be cool jazz, right? callous taoboy Mar 2016 #19

I absolutely understand that feeling OriginalGeek Apr 2016 #22

Cool Jazz. West Coast Jazz ProfessorGAC Apr 2016 #33

Smooth jazz makes me want to kill or at least hurt someone. nt Still Blue in PDX Mar 2016 #20

Real jazz is a near-dead fine art form. kwassa Apr 2016 #21

Not even close. HuckleB Apr 2016 #26

so, are you following me around now? kwassa Apr 2016 #27

Who said anything about "amazing smooth jazz?" HuckleB Apr 2016 #28

Music is subjective - Like whoever you want Number9Dream Apr 2016 #24

What artists do your brother and you consider to be "Smooth Jazz?" HuckleB Apr 2016 #25

Anything by Craig Chaquico......love him. a kennedy Apr 2016 #29

Cool... HuckleB Apr 2016 #31

Kamasi Washington is brilliant. nt Codeine Apr 2016 #34

It's been so wonderful to see him get bigger and bigger. HuckleB Apr 2016 #39

Keith Jarrett used to play with the Charles Lloyd quartet. panader0 Apr 2016 #37

Early on, yup. Amazing careers for both of them! HuckleB Apr 2016 #38

I enjoy Spyro Gyra and Weather Report as much Dave Brubek and Chick Corea. LanternWaste Apr 2016 #30

I like it rough. KamaAina Apr 2016 #35

Smooth Jazz is like listening to Nickelback or Creed LynneSin Apr 2016 #40

I sometimes feel bad for Tebow... Chan790 Apr 2016 #42

I like both. Jamaal510 Apr 2016 #41