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


So, I’ll acknowledge up front, I’m an engineer. Civilian and Warfighter lives can be in the balance depending on whether our company products perform as required or not. As a result, I try very hard to drive the entropic world we live in towards black and white as much as possible. I need to put order to chaos. When i look at art, impressionistic art requires a lot of mental work to make sense of. I just don't see it or get it, appreciate it or like it. I also find, as hard as i may try to enjoy improvisational jazz, that i don't get it, appreciate it, or like it. Instead, I love Realism art and instrumental smooth jazz!!
Reading from Audiogon forum pages for a couple of years now, i feel like i should feel inferior because 1. I don’t appreciate the free flow of expression that is improvisational jazz and 2. I love that there is a tune and thread in smooth jazz. I love the guitar artistry of Chuck Loeb, Chris Standring, and Acoustic Alchemy; the trumpet expressions of Rick Braun, Cindy Bradley, and Chris Botti; and the bass works of Brian Bromberg. 
I’m curious if there are many others out there that equate order (or lack there-of) in their music tastes to that of their taste in the visual arts?
Also, are there many other music lovers who would rather enjoy a good smooth jazz listening session than improvisational jazz?  If so, who do you listen to?
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Kenny G?  Kenny G. is to Jazz, as Marshmallows are to nutrition. Sweet but no substance.  But hey, if you dig it..........
Estreams,

Music is a very personal thing. 

We should never make the mistake of holding a specific genre to be sacrosanct and beyond criticism. 
Each genre has its incredible music, and its mundane, even unlistenable music…

whats that old saying? ….’One man’s trash is another man’s treasure..
@stuartk , In 1969 John Mclaughlin did an album on Polydor called Extrapolation. It is the most conservative recording I have heard from him. I believe it was done before he left Britain. He bent fusion with Devotion and my goals beyond becoming Mahavishnu somewhere in here. The rest you probably know. 
@mijostyn:

I first discovered Extrapolation in the late 70's and it has remained my favorite JM recording for many decades-- both for J. M's composing and playing and Surman's stellar contributions. 


"We should never make the mistake of holding a specific genre to be sacrosanct and beyond criticism".

Agreed !