Thirdly, it was an answer to the jazz purists.

Nonlinear and laden with a bright, overtone-rich tone, he offends jazz purists.

The group was commercially successful but less popular with critics and jazz purists.

It may not have suited jazz purists, but it was great entertainment.

"We don't think the jazz purists will be offended."

They had previously overheard Sick Boy describe himself to her as 'basically a jazz purist'.

We're not traditional jazz purists and we're not all funk either, we're somewhere in between.

Over time, this hybridization crystallized into its own form of jazz, though it remains not highly regarded by jazz purists.

Her new "Open on All Sides in the Middle" is bound to infuriate jazz purists.

Today, however, this music is disparaged and labeled as "sweet music" by jazz purists.