[yarddog]

I wonder if Bluegrass is considered totally American.

I don’t consider Jazz as music.

[Disambiguator]

I don’t consider Jazz as music.

You have to find the right stuff.

[75thOVI]

Bluegrass is almost pure Irish (Celtic)

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Opinions vary, same could be said for any genre. I enjoy jazz music.

[P-Marlowe]

I don’t consider Jazz as music.

If you prefer bluegrass to jazz then you are obviously not a musician.

[Maceman]

If you don’t consider jazz as music, you have no ears.

The jazz musical tradition is rich, brilliant and varied beyond imagining, full of rich emotion, incredible virtuosity and compositional genius.

True, it kind of fell of the cliff with the arrival of atonal “free” jazz in the 1960s, but so did European classical music fall off the same cloff after the 12-tone crap took over.

As for modern pop music, there is some good stuff, but I agree it’s mostly crap. But then again, so is modern American society.

[DBrow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXtbW95PJ-k

Sorry to hear that. This is Captain Senor Mouse written and performed by two Americans.

[trebb]

I don’t consider Jazz as music.

I have a considerable collection of very good jazz - some sucks (like Rap to me), but there's a lot of really good stuff out there. I prefer smooth jazz and female vocals, but there's also a lot of good pure instrumentals out there too.