Reasons to detest Jazz # 9

[Thumpalumpacus]

That isn't what jazz is about, unless you're listening to some hack plough his way through a ii-V-I. It's about expression through exploration. Any real musician knows that theory is descriptive, not prescriptive.

That's exactly what I'm saying. That's why I like jazz.... because it goes beyond traditional music theory. Thus far I find jazz theory a lot more interesting and open.

It utilizes the exact same Western music theory that classical composers have used. There is no "jazz theory" or "classical theory". The intervals are exactly the same, the chord descriptors are the same, it's just that the theory is describing two different styles of music. A diminished chord is a diminished chord, a flatted seventh is a flatted seventh, and so on.