Kind of Blue

I love talking about and describing music. 
I see the act of describing a “genre” (and the subsequent stringent segregation and put-everything-in-a-box attitude) as being useful only to a person for whom doing so helps them maximize their profits (corporate marketing execs, radio station programming execs, etc.).  
As I said before, outside of someone with such an occupation where the shoving of a square peg in a round hole helps them make more money, choosing that type of ideation and communication regarding music in lieu of thoughtful descriptions of music (you know, art made by individual human beings with individual feelings, thoughts and views) is not a positive thing for music.  
The genre-mongering itself is the bad thing.  
I think a person should use their words instead of mindlessly shoving the work of an individual human into an ill-fitting category of “(blank)-(blank)-(blank),” with all the hyphens and everything.

**** Jazz is not a "style" of music that has a certain sound. It is a way of thinking about music, using sophisticated musical vocabulary, spontaneous composition ability, amazing levels of musicianship, musical communication with musicians while playing, etc. 

Make no mistake, those early 70's Miles recordings and "Crossings", are most definitely jazz. The musicians are all using jazz techniques, the vocabulary of jazz, jazz improv, etc. **** - simonmoon

Pretty thoughtful,  I would say.

"Crossings" is almost a compendium of jazz styles and motifs turned on its ear. It keeps morphing. I compared a sealed Green Label to the Kevin Gray cut a few years ago. Listening to that album was a revelation.

My impressions fresh from a comparison at the time of reissue: https://thevinylpress.com/herbie-hancock-crossings-speakers-corner/

in my opinion any labels put on jazz hide  the problem but will not decrease it  😁:

@whart , great article.  Great record.  Thanks.