Is improvisational jazz to impressionism art as smooth jazz is to realism art?

If my musical enjoyment is considered “paint by numbers” by some then that’s their prerogative to judge me.

Dude, it was a joke. Well, mostly :) 

@deadhead1000 I am glad you took the time to research my claim about the CIA funding of Abstract Art, the claim sounds fantastical and tin foil hat, but this is what they do, outside of the overt dismantling of Democratically elected Governments Foreign and Domestic.
The other claim I made is also supported by undeniable, incontrovertible evidence...lawsuits, FOIA disclosures, expert testimony, mathematical analysis, you name it.
And yes, I do know the part the Republican party played in establishing the Right to work laws.... I am not a Republican, and I am not saying one political party is better than the other. The Dismantling of the American State is a Bipartisan Agenda, both sides are controlled by these multinational banking corporate conglomerates.
I also would not like to get into a Clot Shot debate on this audio forum, but I have friends and members of my family that have been injured by it.... The Coercion, threats, and rhetoric being aimed at people that are refusing to comply is in direct violation of the Nuremberg Code... but that is another conversation.

The Government is threatening businesses with crippling fines if they have unvaccinated employees, in a month’s time my family and I will not be able to do anything outside of going to a grocery store.... and even the ability to do that is being debated. Can’t fly, can’t work, can’t travel, can’t do anything.
How long before people have no choice but to revolt?

I know this is an audio forum, sorry for bringing up all this here.....but more and more it seems like you can’t talk about any of this stuff anywhere.

PS: I went to a "Jazz" show a few months ago, improvisational jazz ( I am fan of the regular jazz genre) and I walked out of that show with some Ear damage, I am convinced of it. The acoustics in that place, placement of speakers, and above all...The Music, if you can call it that, was sooo bad, that a friend of mine blurted out "what the hell" in the middle of a set, loud enough for the band to hear it.
The most amazing part of the night was people clapping, cheering and pretending like what we heard was worth the $30 price of admission....it was quite puzzling for everyone in my party.
Couldn’t help but think of the CIA as this was happening :)

How about the Scorpions "Wind of Change" being written by the CIA?  Very interesting story if you are into such things.https://crooked.com/podcast-series/wind-of-change/

As a musician and late in life beatnik I pretty much listen only to jazz and classical. When discussing jazz, people (music fascists?) often tend to gloss over the modern guys who I think are as interesting as the classic jazz dudes with the added benefit of modern recording tech. I still "dig Bill Evans" often, as will as Monk, Montgomery, Joe Pass, etc., but Vijay Iyer (saw him live once), Craig Tayborn, John Scofield, Frisell and others who are actually "not yet dead" keep my interest adequately. Or mind blowingly. Modern orchestral music really blurs the lines with stuff jazz freaks can only imagine. Shower me with some Benjamin Britton baby! What seems to be Fusion’s purpose is to provide background music which is fine by me (in case anybody was worried about my tastes), although I can’t really "listen" to it as a thing with the depth my serious audio art geek side seems to need. I’m an old person who still drives fast cars and motorcycles and plays guitar too damn loud, which indicates possibly a "high threshold of entertainment personality disorder"...I  went surfing yesterday (9’6" Gordon & Smith "Team Rider" fiberglass). Beach vacation...gotta have it...Where’s the ibuprofen? Get me my cane! Wheel me into the shade...

@wolf_garcia:

The last Jazz show I attended was an all-star group that included, among others, Billy Harper and Eddie Henderson-- two giants. Altogether, there were four or five horns and reeds, piano, bass and drums. Everything was mic'd. This was in a small concert hall and it was waaaayyyy too loud. I talked to the sound guy and he said the band insisted on that volume at sound check.. After about half an hour, I couldn't handle it any more and went out into to the lobby, where I remained for the remainder of the performance. I've never done that at any rock show!  

There's not a whole lot of Fusion I enjoy but I do like the original Mahavishnu stuff. . . I have a hard time relating to that as background music.

Having said that, I find most Fusion is akin to watching someone lift weights-- it's seems to me to be mostly about testosterone, flash and exotic scales. It doesn't provide anything that engages me, emotionally, so I don't listen to it. 

I had to stop playing guitar "too damned loud" as I didn't want to further damage my hearing. What I want to know is-- even with amps that have power-scaling, why do they make them so they only begin to sound good if you turn 'em up? ? ?