I think I've given the wrong impression about smooth jazz... Just like just about ANY musical form, there are exceptional examples, and people that take the form beyond its' limitations.

The thing for me is how universal and pervasive the style has become, and how pretty unimpressive much of the 'me too' players are. I mean, the Weather Channel! Ouch!! (Color me guilty of the same crime, though!)

It is turning into the worst form of muzak, a vanilla pudding of predictability, used for its ability to offend the FEWEST people in any randomly gathered group of consumers stuck waiting for whatever service the 'Corporate Person' decides isn't worth their while to do in a timely fashion.

It isn't that there isn't any GOOD smooth jazz... it's just how much BAD (or bland, tasteless and predictable) there is. I guess, I just tend to prefer music that you either love or HATE... I don't have much time for music that just makes you go 'meh'!