Do you all agree when Prince said the 60s, 70s and 80s were the golden ages of music?

@bdp24, I’m not suggesting there’s no rock guys who played jazz. But not all jazz players had equal talent. Jazz, like Motown, was black music. Jazz was created by blacks, The finest jazz players  were blacks. Bebop, the highest musical form of jazz, was created and played by nearly exclusively blacks. Yes, white musicians were most popular, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, because its mainly an all white population, but what they played was the dance music I.e. the soundtrack of the early 40’s.
Real talk. Jazz was created by blacks, and overtaken by whites after it was seen to be  a money maker because of the youth in the 40’s. And that’s why blacks in the mid 40’s created bebop. For in its time that’s the only way blacks could get a gig! We all know the racial dynamics that existed in the 40’s. Duke Ellington, Count Basie’s were doing a totally separate thing in the 30’s. You had to be a master of your instrument to play bebop.   
I’m sure there were a few white guys who could play some softer jazz. But clearly there are different levels of jazz talent. 

So far everyone agrees with Prince. Is a shame music just went downhill so badly in the 90s

"I'm not suggesting there's no Rock guys who played Jazz." True @coltrane1, you far more than suggested it:

"Motown's musical backbone was having music preformed by Jazz musicians. Rock can't claim that. Only Motown can."

By the way, James Jamerson, Jr. is my all-time favorite bassist. His playing on "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted" is absolutely thrilling! 

@bdp24, yes and Jamerson’s playing What’s going on while drunk and lying on his back is legendary. But Jamerson was a solid jazz player who played upright bass on a lot of Motown tunes. 
And what I meant was players of Motown actually used syncopated rhythms and jazz phrasing while playing on Motown music. That’s what made Motown music so different. You didn’t hear that type of phrasing on rock albums. I’m a jazz pianist, but there’s no confusion where the music of the jazz greats stands. I’m a huge fan of Dexter Gordon.

But check this out. Who was Prince? He was the son of jazz musicians. He could play everything. He gets my vote for one talented musician!