Jazz is all about the freedom, its the purest form of musical expression that I am aware of.
It mixes well with just about anything!
I'll switch off anything that sounds dehumanizing, most "manufactured" mainstream is mostly just noise masquerading as music. (Kenny G ISN'T music, its a sonic weapon.)
Tigran Hamasayan play piano and beatbox
That is a true jazzhead, they ALL do that, listen carefully to any serious jazz musician, and they all are scatting along with whatever is going on in their mind, sometimes you hear it on Art Blakey recordings etc.
Its not new!
RE: Music hasn't gotten worse. YOU have