10 Things I HATE about SMOOTH JAZZ! 

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Aside from the childish comment the fact that you don't even have a coherent argument demonstrates how fucking dumb u are.

Lmfao 😂 timeless.

Ayyy

Aint that the truth :)))

@@DavePollack So Dave, why Master G has a new album of "new jazz Standards" are you going to sit back and ignore it, not play any of them ??? What's the matter, scared ??? ....

@@sat1241 Jazz Standards? They're all original compositions of his, and yes I'll be playing them.

@@DavePollack yes I knew that I forgot to but in "New" but now added it. I had skimmed the songs. I was just looking at the track list again and he's calling a song of his own "Milestones" and another "Blues Skies" and another song is an A.I. duet with Stan Getz samples. Absolutely hideous. Just kidding, genius

Summed it up perfectly Craig.

So you haven't bothered to analyse David Sanborn's or Gerald Albright's playing then?

I can listen to Albright and Sanborn for hours. Kenny G....., not so much.

You have a very narrow definition of what "jazz" is. Haha... GEMSTONE University! Now that is sweet & sticky !!

OvErtHetArGEt, you have gotten it correct: "Smooth Jazz" IS a misnomer in significance and application, designed to mislead the general public - among other reasons. Although the genre is beautiful by any standard, it's NOT Jazz; it's simply commercially "sweet" music which was exemplified during the '60's, also on soprano saxophone, the sax(c)ello soprano saxophone, by, for example, King Curtis, viz: A Change Is Gonna Come You've Lost That Loving Feeling Soul Serenade Melancholy Serenade The Girl From Ipanema Summer Dream Little Green Apple And I Love Her Floatin' La Jeanie Crying Time Something Blowing In The Wind *Wichita Lineman *Spanish Harlem A Whiter Shade Of Pale...etc. As a performer of Smooth Pop, RnB, Funk, Fusion, Gospel, Rhymes - - - for the most part, I can distinguish between Jazz and other genres in the same way I am able to discriminate between, let's say, French and Haitian, or Spanish and Latin (as written) To me, "Smooth Jazz" connotes JAZZ PLAYED SMOOTHLY. Thus, Lester Young, Scott Hamilton, Zoot Sims, Bud Shank, David Newman, Houston Person and Clifford Jordan are a few Organic Smooth Jazz exponents who come to mind - JAZZ played smoothly. Fausto Papetti of the '60's, '70's, '80's fame and monetary success, was commercially SMOOTH, aided by saxophones (and clarinet) varnished with echoes and reverbs which enhanced his sound marvelously. The public was never misled into thinking he was playing Jazz - Smooth or otherwise. Same could be said of commercial saxophonists John "Ace" Cannon, Boots Randolph, Junior Walker, Jimmy Castor of that era - to list a few. Forgive me, my friend; I am with you.

I completely disagree with your statement. Jazz in its "classic" sense was the popular songs and dance music of the 20's, 30's and 40's which then became intellectualisd and therefore difficult to listen to for the casual music fan. That very casual listener would challenge your statement by arguing that when you intellectualise something it loses its mass appeal and becomes dull and boring only satisfying a metropolitan elite minority.

​@@jonnobloggs1139 Exactly!

@@jonnobloggs1139 What would be considred real jazz isn't maent for the casual listner, jazz is something that requires you to get into, to fully understand and appreciate.

@@dmunz7015 do you look down your nose to the casual listener and feel eminently superior when you are listening to or playing "real jazz*??

No, never a valid reason to look down on others.

Rick I get the getting laid part, but these players you mentioned are lame essentially.

Trammell Starks is the true smoothe jazz. The original weather channel composer

Listen to his song called "Beach Frolic".....

Yes!!!

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I was wondering that myself!

@@DavePollack PLEASE ANSWER!!

i love this

lol. he was being sarcastic

Thanks!

Yes his documentary confirms this.

@@truewilliams7118 the documentary literally showed him punching each note in individually for hours in a studio

@@bgoodwinster the documentary literally shows him performing real jazz with Jeff lorber and local bands in Seattle

@@truewilliams7118 yes. He played. Poorly.

@@bgoodwinster Yes. Played so poorly that Clive Davis gave him a solo deal. Man these RU-vid comments get more normal by the minute!!

Haha thanks!

As the group Guy said, "the party's not over...". You can still listen to them on iHeart Radio (wjjz.iheart.com/) You can also get it on the airwaves on 104.1 if you're in the Philly area. Although I wish they would play more than 3 songs by any given artist. Pretty sure David Sanborn recorded more hits than "So Far Away". One more thing.... George Howard rules!!! 😀

hmmm...usually I'd say it's the audience because they're the ones paying to be there, but because so many jazz musicians now "pay to play" I'm not sure I know how to answer that ;)

Dave Pollack you are right,but im pretty sure most musicians would rather make money than play hard melodies..

If you think that way, you are going to diminish art. Art should be done for art so we don't lose the honesty.

Does that audience include me? Those who feel good listening to smooth jazz? I am a listener but I feel my intelligence is insulted by smooth whatever.

Depends on the audience. I preferred miles before his sellout into fusion. I'm sure his Ferrari note played a part. RIP Miles.

Well i would have never guessed free jazz isn't real jazz or that a mechanical pencil isn't a real pencil or that a jazz musician isn't a real musician or that an analog clock isn't an actual clock at all. Do you now understand now the flaw in your logic? If something requires an adjective in front of it that just means that thing is a specific varietal of that thing. Smooth jazz is as much still jazz as mumble rap is still rap. Is it different than you grew up with? Yes. But is it still a valid subgenre? Also yes.

Probably

10/10 comment

Why, because it actually sounds good?

@@DavePollack It's soulless elevator music with no depth.

Pepto bismol has the same effect on me. Instead of helping, it makes me vomit.

@@DavePollack ccan you shut the fuck up

Natalie Flynn lmao what

Not at all! If you like it, you like it. Nothing wrong with that!

@@DavePollack thank you. I finally have an answer! Hahaha

Hate yourself

You should

​@lavenderkay533 Like what you like and move on, don't care what nobody else say.

He is the best.

I find jazz more confusing than slayer, try listening to Giant Steps and try improvising over it, but I still hate smooth jazz, smooth jazz is to to jazz what Taco Bell is to Authentic Mexican Food

Allan Davis So should nothing new or fresh ever be written?

Hip hop has a bad rhythm?

how do those genres have “worse” rhythms?

1:23 thats not jazz, thats crap

​@@user-pu1bs9eh7vit is jazz

...what

@@DavePollack you said smooth jazz musicians make money emplying other types of jazz musicians don't.

Correct...most jazz musicians are broke. Trust me, I know a few ;)

The title says "10 things I hate"... so... the joke is on you if you can't understand even the title

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And other instruments

Smooth jazz > all music

@@DavePollack Lmao

I follow jazz without any problem thank you very much Mark. The sax player plays a melody like Poker Face then blows about 3000 notes for 5 minutes and everybody claps and then he plays Poker Face again and the song ends. What is difficult about that to follow?

I absolutely do - anything where I make fun of it is a bit, which is a satire of jazz snobs who make fun of "lesser" music than straight-ahead jazz.

@@DavePollack that's what I got from this, but your other vids seem to do the opposite. Hence the confusion.

I like messing with both sides, so I keep it pretty vague which side I lean. I'm just having fun making these!

Haha. The inner workings of a jazz maverick.

@@DavePollack you like messing with both sides? Does that make you bi-Saxual?

WAY TOO MANY

Ok cool for you

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Yes - why do you ask?

"They" are the radio stations/labels in order to market it - it was NOT the musicians themselves who called it smooth jazz.

@@DavePollack Yes, fair point, and I have been told many times that Kenny G himself does not call his music jazz. For the record, I like the music but I get a little irritated when I hear people refer to it as “jazz”, sometimes omitting the word ”smooth”. BTW I also would not call it “smooth R&B” either, which I think someone on this thread suggested. It is its own thing, and it should have its own name, in my (perhaps not-so-humble) opinion.

Don't listen to it

Glad you liked it! ❤️

@@DavePollack I like you. But Kenny G no 😂

why not?

@@DavePollack Pat Metheny knows. If Kenny played without the attitude it would be ok. But he lies to everyone that it takes 20 years to circular breathe and play! Pretends he surpassed Coltrane and no serious musician cares about Giant Steps that much. He has fooled millions into thinking he is a jazz musician because he can navigate the changes. Said Bird was called Bird because he squeaked like a bird. I can go on

@@mambojazz1 he did say that about bird and it was annoying, and he can’t even really play giant steps, he’s just messing around with bad time. He’s good at what he does though, it just isn’t jazz.

...so what music do you like?

You are missing the whole point of jazz Justin. Jazz is an individualistic mode of expression where the performer is freely able to play as many wrong notes in the right order!!!

100%

I love and perform all kinds of music. I make joke videos online for laughs. :)

@@DavePollack understandable. I'm curious what you think of the Kenny G dub of what a wonderful world though.

Well guess what, the only reason I picked up my Alto sax, is to play smooth "jazz", I don't really like the real "jazz" to me and this is my opinion, there is nothing beautiful about playing fast and improvising on chords and scales, I don't really like Coltrane, cannonball, brecker or any of those people, don't get me wrong they were excellent jazz players, but to me jazz is just a bunch of notes played fast that don't sound like music.

I started loving saxophone because of one song: Show me the way by Dave Koz, yeah I know it sounds cheesy, but I would have never started this instrument listening to some Charlie Parker, because it makes no sense for my ears, and for the ears of many people obviously; because elitist jazz is not catchy at all, not to hate but it sounds more like a show off of skill than something created to reach people's heart, and each time I hear it I'm like " wow the guy knows his scales " yeah It's impressive and high level but what's the point of music if it's not to convey emotions ?

@@fulanodetal4006 I take it you tried jazz for a week and got overwhelmed?

You can- just create some new accounts and go for it!

Dave Pollack. Too much work. You need to listen to more actual jazz. All of your points you'll find are blatantly ignorant if you just would perhaps spend some time examining them in depth. If you want suggestions for records to check out, I'd be happy to help.

Man, I'd love some suggestions! Please post them here if you can- much appreciated.

"need to listen to more actual jazz." Okay, bud... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U10WPK7-fWw.html

LeMelleKH2. Now I'm just confused. It's clear he's studied and is capable of playing straight ahead jazz but then is totally oblivious to it's artistry or depth. That is something I've never seen before; someone who has taken the time to learn how to play jazz and still thinks kenny g is better.

calm down francis