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'Smooth jazz' is what happened,,,

kinda like a good idea (fusion) spiraling down a dead end street.
Some of it was nice and pleasant, but when placed up against the more adventurous fusion stuff, one realized just how shallow it was. For instance, Miles 'came back' in the 80's and he was paired with some of the weakest (but popular) 'smooth jazz artists' on the concert circuit...people like Najee, Spyro Gyra (one of the better groups), Gerald Albright, Kenny G.
Hearing Miles and any one of these groups on the same stage, the contrast couldn't be clearer. Miles was playing a fusion of funk, rock, jazz, blues and who knows what else...most of the times I would attend the second set, and Miles would then play first, I guess he couldn't be bothered to break the instruments down after the first set when traditionally the opening band would play first. Anyway, long story short, after listening to Miles many people would just walk out on the smooth jazz act....sometimes I would try and stay for a least a couple numbers but the music was just devoid of 'soul', hell once Miles was paired with B.B. King, and BB King sounded kinda' shallow following Miles, I walked out after 2-3 tunes.

There were lots of good enduring jazz in the 80's, but the smooth stuff got all the airplay...fast forward to Now and smooth jazz is like wood veneer paneling, hot in the 70's, but people grew tired of the fake looking wood.


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