Modern jazz is played with so many improvisation and development from the musician. Off course improvisation is not a forbidden thing in jazz. In fact, the improvisation is the main attractive elements of jazz live show. Though most of jazz musicians capable of playing the traditional pattern of jazz such as bossanova and swing, they tend to do the fusion jazz. It seems that today’s jazz musician enjoy fusion jazz more than traditional jazz.

Fusion jazz is the jazz played with some combination of other genre of music. The other genre of music is being used to accompany the jazz. The result is a more dynamic and easy listening music. Fusion is more familiar to the pop listeners when the element of pop is put into the playing. It is also more familiar to the ear of rock listeners when some rock elements are being put into the music to accompany the jazz pattern.

The jazz musicians are also playing their fusion in order to keep their music marketable. Rather than just after their personal enjoyment, the musicians have to make their living from music. Wrapped by other genre of music, today’s modern jazz is becoming more and more popular. The fame of jazz is reaching another level at the time being.