O-10, I have to ask this question:
Your first referred to your "smooth jazz" posts as "good current jazz CDs" and complained that they had been ignored. Now, you refer to them as "formulaic and the jams sound as though they had a cookie cutter for music, and they rolled em off an assembly line or pre-determined template". So, which is it? I'm just looking for clarity, because I also have to ask: if the second description is correct (it is), it begs the question: why did you post them?
A couple of other points about those posts:
****most new jazz is "smooth jazz",****
Not true at all. This is one of the recurring problems here: on what do you base that assertion? One has to be more specific before making a comment like that. Are you talking about recorded music, on the radio, or music in the clubs? There is a tremendous amount of new jazz that is not "smooth jazz" taking place in the clubs, radio, and a heck of a lot that is being recorded. WBGO Jazz88.3 in the NY area is going strong; CD101 (Smooth jazz) went under years ago. More smooth jazz than others being recorded? Maybe, but still a lot of non-smooth jazz being recorded; I can't say I have followed smooth jazz recordings very closely. You refer to the "jams": that is part of what makes those two clips so insipid; there are no jams. There is practically NO inprovisation in those clips. They don't even use a drummer; they're using a drum machine! 😖
Lastly, I don't know what you mean by "different kinds of cool jazz". I thought we were talking about smooth-jazz; one has nothing to do with the other. If you are genuinely interested in my comments you are always welcome to address me directly. Regards.