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Old 03-23-2011, 08:34 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by fubar123 View Post
Is smooth jazz a valid part of the jazz tradition?

or is not, is it a non-jazz style?

or something else?
To me Jazz is like a father with a lot of children; Trad, Big-band, Bebop, Free-form, Fusion, Acid, Smooth, etc. Smooth is like a pretty little sister who has a very different character to her big angry brothers (like Ornette Colman), but that doesn`t mean that they aren`t in the same family.
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