Jazz

I have a passion for music, all sorts of music, a wide eclectic mix of everything and anything (well almost) but I have found myself recently leaning more and more towards jazz. Not to the exclusion of other genre but when choosing music to listen to, especially as a ambient sound in the background, I find myself gravitating towards a jazz orientated selection. 
This is not a sudden discovery of the form I have always liked jazz and have listened to it for many years. Whether it is the class of Dave Brubeck (RIP), Duke Ellington, Miles Davies or the many others players who have graced the format. 
I listen to the Jamie Cullum radio program on BBC Radio 2, as I used to listen to Humphrey Lyttleton's show on the same channel, that ran for so many years and enjoy discovering both new and older jazz that I have not heard before.
Jazz has a mellow and relaxing feel to it. Not all jazz of course some of the more avant-garde style, can often be impenetrable and strident, although interesting and often brilliant. Then there is swing, which is often wonderful to dance to. 
I appreciate more  and more the improvisation and how it appears to be unstructured and yet has a pattern. I really enjoy the classic format of  piano, drums ,bass and saxophone or guitar, violin or another brass instrument and many other styles, which I am not going to list.
There is a very healthy crop of current jazz musicians producing great music and blending different styles and types of music together. Music, any type of music, is always being fused and interwoven and is this that keeps it changing, evolving and fresh (although, showing my age, I am not convinced by a lot of the current so called popular music, with the odd exception!). 
Traditional forms, should be cherished and it is great that they are kept alive so as we can celebrate that style and trace how the music developed.
If you have not listened to Jazz before try it. If you have Google Chrome go into the apps and install Earbits radio and then try the jazz selection.