Doesn't make much sense... Well Radiohead is my favourite band.. But then Jazz is all the way down at the bottom? Jazz is smart music.
Why is Jazz smart music? Why is Gospel dumb music?
Music appreciation is a form of intelligence that most of us, if interested in music, cultivate over time. From an early age I was exposed to a variety of cultures and their music. This experience influenced my
taste in music as an adult. That's all it is, a preference. It doesn't make me smart, or imply that I'm smart. I would rather listen to music, (jazz, classical, heavy metal, gospel, bluegrass, blues, r&b, house, ska, mariachi, Balkan, you name it) than watch sports, play chess or do algebra.
As for the statement that "
Jazz is smart music", in the 30's and 40's Jazz was pop music. Everybody listened to it. That's why it's hard to find Jazz records from that era that are in good shape, people bought them and listened to them. Used classical music records are almost always in mint shape because "smart" people would buy them and listen to them once and then put them on display like trophies.