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A listing due this week ask for Contemporary Jazz Instrumentals ... styles, moods, tempo can vary..."

Without any ALA's .... do I go with Ornette Coleman or with Kenny G??? Ok, I'm exagerating here (like I haven't done that a thousand times.) Acid Jazz is contemporary. So is smooth jazz. And better yet, the listing also says "' Vocal and instrumental presentation must be top notch." Vocals on an instrumental listing? That means I can scat?! Scoobie do-wah, be pob a de bop.

I find the screeners usually set the bar extremely high for jazz stuff (a nice way of saying they are really, really picky).
MY QUESTION: without any ALA's ... does that really mean the door is a bit wider that a listing with ALAs??

jazzstan wrote: MY QUESTION: without any ALA's ... does that really mean the door is a bit wider that a listing with ALAs??

Yes, definitely. Although I have to admit, I prefer the feeling of knowing what the target is rather than the more open-ended approach. To me, this listing could be anything from Nora Jones to Branford Marsalis and beyond. Still... I'd stick with the center of "contemporary jazz", kind of like a Keith Jarrett sound (from a guitar perspective)