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Why Doesn't Contemporary Jazz Get Any Respect?

I am a huge fan of Peter White,Kirk Whalum,Dave Koz,Warren Hill,etc.I have never understood why this flavor of music gets no respect.Not only is it musically appealing,but in most cases its very well recorded.Any comparisons to old jazz(Miles Davis etc.) are ludicrous.Its like comparing apples and oranges.Can anyone shed some light on this?Any contemporary(smooth)Jazz out there?I would love to hear from you. Thanks John
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Discovering ( from this post ) that Pat Metheny is smooth jazz, I heartily join the smooth jazz group.

Are Oregon, Steve Tibbets, and other artists on ECM also considered smooth Jazz? If so, I have a large library of this style music.
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Oh and by the way, I like the old stale crap that Chelillingworth likes, provided we are talking about JJ Johnson, Red Garland, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson and Billie Holliday.
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12-23-10: Coltrane1
Wow, what a great post from 8 years back that avoided me until today.

I find it extremely interesting that not one contributor to the post mentions that Jazz, like it or not, IS considered America's only true art form.

Maybe not in this forum but here is an excerpt from my PFO Product of the year award, as posted at Music Matters Jazz.

I wrote that exactly...

http://www.musicmattersjazz.com/critics.html#13
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