What is Jazz?

What is jazz? According to Wynton Marsalis jazz is music that swings. According to Pat Metheny jazz is not the music of Kenny G. According to Webster's jazz is characterized by propulsive syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, varying degrees of improvisation, and often deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre. Personally, I prefer the definition found in the old musician's joke about jazz being "better than sex, and it lasts longer."

Some Local Pinoy Jazzers described Jazz as KANAMITON, They said that its the feeling that suddenly came out when they play Jazz, and some say its just like DRUGS that makes you feel HIGH...