I just turned on Swissjazz FM, as I've never heard of it, and man yeah, if this playlist on here is what you think of as what jazz is then I agree, I don't like

I just turned on Swissjazz FM, as I've never heard of it, and man yeah, if this playlist on here is what you think of as what jazz is then I agree, I don't like it either! I'd have asked them to turn it off too. The songs on this playlist are what happens when you take a traditionally Black art form, ignore all of those roots, wash it through a university, and make something that is likely going to be consumed by a white audience. There's so much going on in 'jazz' music, but for me personally I'm always listening to it (and all music, really) rhythmically first, and all the harmonic and melodic components, everything else, comes out of the rhythm. That tends to be the opposite approach of European classical music (which of course I like too). I don't know what your taste in music is, but there's a ton of great music out there that falls under the label jazz. Since you're in the classical world, here's some recordings that might speak to you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VlOigfm-ww https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VlOigfm-ww https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMTHsK3MlzA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMTHsK3MlzA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIIyCOAByDU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIIyCOAByDU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0O9L7KXkC0&list=OLAK5uy_l61jyu2-HfVxbgW4KFUruUOjU56T0az-s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0O9L7KXkC0&list=OLAK5uy_l61... And some live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_BE_gi4YkA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_BE_gi4YkA (my friend's group) https://youtu.be/lhgaJ_kDLPg?feature=shared&t=23 https://youtu.be/lhgaJ_kDLPg?feature=shared&t=23 (particularly Afro Blue) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuEVN3BTFHM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuEVN3BTFHM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DGY9HvChXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DGY9HvChXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA9GhIyP_zI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA9GhIyP_zI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM5Cj8yFkOQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM5Cj8yFkOQ I don't know, the rabbit hole is deep I could go on forever.