A blowing session????

@daveyf 

My apologies. It seems that I misinterpreted your intention and context.

Charles

It is why i prefer over any jazz playing , the more melodically inspired ... It is way more difficult to play minimally and meaningfully melodically than blowing hard and long at all winds at great speed so impressive it can be and it is in an improvised session or in a planified one nevermind  ... It is also why really good free jazz exist, but is very rare ...

The greatest say much with less in an improvised way or not  ...

There used to be many jazz album review books, that were good at identifying a blowing session from a well rehearsed album...after a while you could almost tell by looking at the group of sidemen...

@daveyf

IOW, if you have heard one great blowing session, maybe you have heard them all?

Sure, I guess, if you’re not much of a fan of the genre.

It’s not as though we can easily place all Jazz recordings into one of two categories.

There are plenty of albums that feature strong original compositions by leaders but also include a simpler bluesy/funky vehicle for improvising/"blowing". Many Blue Notes come to mind!

One could also argue that there are "blowing sessions" that are equal to some well rehearsed recording dates. Both the quality of the material and its execution/interpretation are important. Great players can take a simple progression and "off the cuff" make it transcendent. Middling players can rehearse more complex compositions and be less compelling. 

Let’s not oversimplify.