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>sticking to the core of a genre is always a derivative thing to do, no matter what genre
wrong. individuality in jazz mainly comes from improvisation, and ryo's solos have no individuality as people have pointed out hundreds of times over the years
>After the development of free jazz and new instruments (after the 19600s), virtually everything using the classic instruments and methods is by definition derivative, since countless new avenues opened up for (jazz) music
wrong again. jazz isn't like other genres that are more heavily defined by their timbre or instrumentation, like electronica for example. like classical, jazz is mainly designated by its harmonic vocabulary and rhythmic concepts. you're applying pop/rock logic to a genre that has very little in common with them. free jazz also wasn't that innovative within jazz boundaries compared to post-bop or progressive big band, both of which to this day are the subgenres that push the genre forward most consistently and with as little derivation as possible. nobody is calling ryo derivative because he's playing piano as opposed to inventing his own new instrument, he's derivative because his melodies/harmonies/rhythms and whatnot are bland, unemotional and formulaic.
