Jazz listening has dulled my taste for Rock...you?

Not completely, but at this rate it might, the 'recommended jazz' thread has surely been a big influence on alot of my recent purchases. I feel very lucky to be just discovering all these gems. Many thanks to 'sdcampbell' and all the other knowledgable participants of this thread. Enjoying 'Jazz Samba' right now.

Disclaimer: I'm partly serious and partly having fun with this thread. I will always respect other people's tastes in music no matter how arcane or obtuse it may strike me....

"Momma let tha boy play some rock n' roll, jazz is much too crazy he can play it when he's old..." Gerry Doucette

Hard-core jazz as a musical gendre? Sounds to me like a bunch of individual musicians all playing their hearts out completely oblivious to what the rest of the guys on stage are doing. Absolutely amazes me that they all finish playing at the same time, must be some sort of internal jazz-clock that goes off. I'm not sure I understand why they call it a band, it's not as though they're playing together.

Light jazz? What you think is melodic I find mind-numbingly boring. If you love that soft jazz thang go to CES, every room is playing pretty much the same thing. Oddly enough when you ask them to put on some rock (you happen to have with you) the folks in the room are quite happy to listen to something other than the same damned light jazz they've listened to for x number of hours. It's like elevator muzak after a while.

Now before you guys jump down my throat, yes I've heard pretty well every style of jazz imaginable. I attend the International Jazz Festival in Montreal every year and listen to all sorts of stuff. Ditto for traveling to areas of the world that thrive on jazz. For what it's worth I like jazz influenced rock bands (Zappa, Steely Dan, others) too.

I'm thinking you folks need to read the thread on the best lead guitar solos then sit and listen to ALL the recommendations posted. Once you get done re-educating yourself to the joys of rock, let's see if jazz still strikes you as exciting!

Let's the poison darts and rock throwing begin!

Rock 'n Roll Jeff

Funny, when I was in my 20's I listened to a lot of jazz, now I am in my 50's and find it boring and only listen to it as background music.
I would much rather listen to rock, blues, folk, or classic.

Most pop music, including rock, is very repetitive. Yeah, there might be a guitar solo in there somewhere, but unless the lyrics are really deep or really clever, there's not much else going on.

Good jazz, by contrast, is endlessly inventive, so it can hold your interest longer.

That said, I probably own roughly similar quantities of jazz and rock CDs (and a lot more rock LPs, because they partially predate my own shifting musical taste), and listen to both about equally. It depends on the mood.

The bulk of my collection is rock-always has been & always will be. One of my very good friends is a jazz aficionado & has turned me on to a lot of different jazz over the years & although I enjoy it, I listen to & enjoy rock as much as I did in the 60's.

So the answer to your question is no, jazz has not dulled anything.