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So, what you are saying is, I need to make a jazz band that does 30 second songs.
Smooth Jazz yes, but when there’s improvisation I tend to nope right out. Smooth jazz, big band, ragtime - all play the same way each time but for different focus (like big band/swing is for dance).
The only time I’ll tolerate improvisation jazz is while eating dinner when it’s socially acceptable to ignore the music and leave when done eating.
Improvisation can be really good when you get someone talented who’s actually applying music theory (many jazz musicians do this).
But when you get avant-garde, the whole point is basically about throwing music theory out the window. It’s supposed to be radical/deconstructionist/post-modern, but personally I think it sounds like crap.
Some people think I’m being snooty when I say this, but it sounds like dadaism on a saxophone. Some people claim to like it that way, but I’m pretty certain they’re just saying that to be edgy.
Philosophically, it’s the jazz equivalent of noise metal.
