Jazz died when players (and music “experts”) decided that quality was measured by the number of unrelated notes you can pack into a given unit of time.
“quality was measured by the number of unrelated notes you can pack into a given unit of time.”
That’s a good description. Also, it would be impossible to assign a time signature to it. Doing “music dictation” was my strong suit in college, and when I hear most jazz, there is no timing. Just a mish-mosh of random notes.
We’re big “Bosch” fans, but I have to mute it sometimes because of the music.