[Jonty30]

I wouldn’t say that, necessarily. There are more ways to combine notes than there are stars in the sky, seriously

It is just that nobody has figured out a new way yet.

[dayglored]

> There are more ways to combine notes than there are stars in the sky, seriously

That's true. But the vast majority of those combinations result in jazz, and I'm not talking Miles Davis jazz, I'm talking Sun Ra or Ornette Coleman jazz.

I say that as a lifelong jazz fan. :-)