[quote name='jakenewmanbass' timestamp='1382298611' post='2250409']
Jazz was once upon a time, folk music...
Now, in the hands of many people that call themselves jazz musicians it is music played by musicians that have got their chops together and have a major desire to show other musicians the [i]e[/i][i]xtent[/i] to which they've got those chops together.
That type of jazz doesn't sound like music to me.
And this is coming from someone who has played a ton of jazz through my working life.
There is plenty of really good jazz being played by some awesome musicians in this country and elsewhere eg Mike Walker and Gwilym Simcock playing in the 'Impossible gentlemen' a band with Adam Nussbaum and Steve Swallow. Mike is an old mate of mine and one of the finest jazz musicians I've played with, so there is great stuff out there, you just need to be judicious and learn to realise when you've just got a noodler/showboater in front of you.
It is of course all subjective!
I did a jazz gig in Reading this lunchtime, was a blast!
[/quote]Tony trumpet, from Birkenhead, says hi, Jake.