I suggest you listen to some of Maria Schneider's work. It fuses jazz, classical, and even rock (she collaborated with David Bowie on his last album). And Schn

I suggest you listen to some of Maria Schneider's work. It fuses jazz, classical, and even rock (she collaborated with David Bowie on his last album). And Schneider is just one counterexample to your thesis. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Schneider_(musician) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Schneider_(musician)