Contradictions Of Musical Genres

And to run with EldKatt's idea, there's the whole concept of... "Is that jazz saxophonist with the unique tone really all that unique?"

Know what I mean?

It's hard to be unique when anything you could do or any sound you could use has already been done before. However, regarding this timbre difference in jazz and classical, I would think a saxophonist (or any instrument) playing in a large group with more then two of the same instrument would want to blend in more then be unique (unless he/she is soloing). Modern dance, especially interpretive dance, is much more choreographed then you would normally assume.

Or the bassists with basement shrines to Jaco.

Hahaha!