Reasons to detest Jazz # 9

[Little lunch]

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.

Except for that one thing where double quavers are almost always read as a dotted quaver and a semi-quaver making 4/4 bars sound like a couple of 6/8s.