Leave it alone smooth jazz. Just leave it alone.

I recently heard a smooth jazz version of what sounded like Charlie Parker’s ‘Ah-Leu-Cha’. I was so disgusted. They keep going back, desecrating this music’s finest moments with this crap. Like the recent smooth jazz album “re-imagining” John Coltrane’s work. Everything is up for grabs it seems. Smooth jazz can’t leave things alone. It has to smear its crap everywhere it goes.

Who in their right mind thinks “I like Trane & Bird. If only there was a way to make their music cheesy, dumb & dull, I’d like it even more!” I can’t think of anything more unimaginative than this. Who is buying this crap? What is wrong with Coltrane and Bird as they were?

I remember hearing a smooth jazz version of Lee Morgan’s The Sidewinder a while ago. Is it not catchy enough? A part of me died when I heard it. Not just because they had the balls to do it, but because it was so terrible. Just awful. Completely void of the upbeat, fun and catchy vibe of the original, making it even more pointless. Why do they insist on peddling this garbage? For the love of all that is good, why?

September, 27 2012
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Tagged: #Charlie Parker #John Coltrane #smooth jazz #bovine feces #Lee Morgan
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    So I guess that Kenny G marathon I was about to spam y’all with is out then … ;-)
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    My worst experience was a smooth jazz version of “Song for My Father”. All of the soul and fun was flushed out and what...
  4. ffunkkkya said: *sighs*
  5. burnedshoes said: thank you, this had to be said!
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