Russ,

If you're wanting to make a living playing Jazz forget it. But even when playing for peanuts it's a gass to see a reputable musician standing in the corner with a big smile on his face. Especially if he comes up and tells you he digs your sound, playing or whatever.

A couple of locals here play that smooth jazz and fusion stuff. It's 99% rhythm. No melody no head, just 2 or 3 minor chords back and forth. You can listen to a tune or so, and you'll notice that the second one is almost identical to the first tune.

You can leave and come back 2 hours later and it sounds like they are still playing the same 2 tunes.

Jazz is played for the enjoyment mostly. Pop is played for fun and the money. That's why I bought this keyboard to sing and play for a few bucks and also get to play my jazz standards.

I still can't play the fast guitar lick on the keyboard for "Beer for My Horses". Ha! Ha! Go figure. It's a tricky lick to play correctly.