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   From: tomkristensen@webspeed.dk   
      
   "The Enunciator"  skrev i en meddelelse   
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   > The author doesn't say a thing about the effect of smooth jazz on any   
   > other form of music.  It's just the usual whine about not being able to   
   > find so-called "real" jazz in the stores or on the radio.   
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   From the article:   
      
    "The big loser is every other form of jazz. All you can find in chain-store   
   Jazz racks is Smooth Jazz, Pop Vocalists, and Dead Legends-Armstrong,   
   Coltrane, Davis, Holiday, maybe Monk or Ellington. For most of America   
   that's all there is to Jazz, even though there are 10 times as many new jazz   
   releases outside the Smooth/Contemporary/Pop Vocal nexus as inside. Smooth   
   Jazz is a studio concoction, meticulously constructed by producers and   
   session musicians. There is no improvisation in Smooth Jazz, no democratic   
   interaction between musicians; there's little individuality, no   
   unpredictability, and never any risk of chaos. Smooth Jazz isn't the fat end   
   of the Jazz popularity curve; it is the polar opposite of, let's give it a   
   name, Real Jazz."   
      
   Doesn't mention free jazz, just Real Jazz, which includes risktaking   
      
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   > But I've got to give it to Hull for taking the time to check out some   
   > of the smooth artists and to point out some of the better players.   
   > Hopefully some of the usenet jazz police will do the same.   
      
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