Genres are just an easy way for those not well-versed in a particular style to classify music.
Some are way into jazz. Well, there are tons of genres that fall around that, that don't quite encompass "jazz" as a whole. There's alternative jazz, free form jazz, avant-garde jazz, and any thousands of alternative genres.
I feel that it only serves (for me) to pigeonhole in what I feel like listening to.
E.g.: "I want to listen to free jazz with melody."
I'd find Eric Dolphy quite compelling.
There are bajillions of genre variants, but it really does help in some sense.
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