Title: Very smooth -- jazz???
Product review: If you like "smooth jazz," this album is a competent, well conceived, even pretty example of the genre. But can't you be satisfied with just "smooth"? Because this is not jazz. What does it lack? Jazz is a soloist's medium. There are great jazz ensembles that play magnificent arrangements, but you won't hear many Basie or Ellington classics that don't feature spontaneous, creative, provocative and original soloists. Sanborn's playing is far too "smooth" to contain any of these traits. His playing is lovely, it may soar and you may find it emotionally touching. But to those of us who love jazz, in all it's forms -- traditional, swing, be-bop, hard bop, post be-bop, free jazz, from Louis Armstrong to Muhal Richard Abrams -- "smooth jazz" doesn't cut it.
Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
