Fourplay ...yes please Jazz CD

I really liked this disk as well but for some reason I remeber a stereopile(not a typo) write up which states this CD is the calaboration of 4 artists with no talent, they must not have been listening to the same CD I got, its the only explanation. I have several of there other CD's and like them a lot, I think of this as smooth jazz which happens to be my favorite genre, I beleive there was a great thread a while back about smooth jazz that gives lots of good recomendations, try searching fot it you will not be disappointed. Enjoy :=) Tim The Tire Guy

Maybe smooth jazz is not real "jazz"(I better be carful how I use that word don't want the Jazz police to come after me)but neither is acid jazz to most but the folks who listen to that consider it real jazz. To each his own, maybe a Firestone AT is not a P-zero but they both do a great job for there intendid user.

I just got back to this thread, you guys are killing me!!! What do you clasify smooth jazz as if it is not jazz? Pop? Lighten up not all of us are 60 years old, I just can't get into most of the really old stuff that most of you guys refer to as "jazz" maybe that should be relabeled as "random instrumental". Smooth jazz(fourplay) is as much jazz as Miles Davis just like saying Incubus is not rock because it is not Elvis, times change as do styles, terms become more elastic as they get older.

Thank you for that comment full of wit and information, I am going to sleep better tonight knowing that you don't like any of that music. FWIW The Gerry Muligan Paul Desmond Quartet "Blues In Time" is my favorite Jazz recording, I just also enjoy the other non-jazz stuff too. To each his own. Best wishes,
Tim

This isn't another "that ain't music" thread it was about fourplay, just cause you don't like it doesn't mean that others don't. Just like any other genre, just for some reason people take it personally when it comes to smooth jazz, they would rather hear that your into Metal, polka, etc, then smooth jazz, that kills me.

Brianw- I can appreciate your opinion, as I said everyone is into different music, to tell someone what they listen to is bad, is plain dumb. I mean theres no rocks involved with rock&roll, it seems that anyone that likes it is stupid, LOL! I don't care if it was called smooth pop, I would still enjoy it. Cheers,
Tim

Gotcha, in which case I would have to agree with you, I tend to enjoy driving-with unfamaliar people- listening to smooth jazz, tends to relax everyone and get things rolling(no pun intendid). I don't recall if I have ever sat and critically listened to it, it is entertaining and has its place, but doesn't contain content enough to try to envolve yourself with, nor does it have the fidelity/recording quality of your fore mentioned list.

This reminds me of the thread about Rap speakers, and a lot of people flamed me for saying "do you actually critically listen to that stuff?" now I am mearly trying to defend a purposeful(or at least possibly more porposefull then rap) music category and no one is here for back up, why is that? I believe Sean has made some very powerful coments on the rap speaker thread that all of you smooth jazz antagoniser's should read, I am not saying sell your jazz and get all smooth jazz but I am saying that it is a music catagory that deserves as much-or little respect- as rap would in the hi-fi corner.

Kiwi no problem at all, I must admit I sometimes enjoy a debate and can get carried away with myself. I do enjoy the old and golden stuff, but appreciate the new as well, telling someone what music is "right" is like saying there is one cable that will work great in every system, fortunatly we are all different :)