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sad sack said:Plus Pat Boone 'rocks' harder than most of these whiny hipsters.
cheaptrickfan said:... which is a jazz fusion type of thing. I hate fusion ...
For that matter, I don't especially care for jazz; love Dixieland and the Blues (Delta, Chicago, Memphis/Stax, whatever), but jazz, again, is just too "Oo-oo look at me! Look at me! We're deconstructing music again!"
Most well known jazz fusion groups i have never developed a taste for, then Zephyr comes to mind which i would have enjoyed if it wasn't for Givens' vocals constantly degenerating into abrasive shrieks. Though it may be more appropriate to call them jazz influenced than actual fusion.
The is some 30s small band jazz that i find to be enjoyable but it's structure probably is closer to dixieland. Some early Louis Armstrong has a similar sound. I also have to wonder when a well known jazz bandleader talks about hiring a musician because he thought he looked cool when he was holding his horn.