Analyzing jazz voice leading would be extremely difficult without understanding the basic rules of harmonic analysis from the common practice period it evolved from and built on.
It sounds like what you're looking for is closer to a general survey of music traditions for listeners.
Jumping straight to jazz theory would be like skipping all chemistry prerequisites to get to Organic Chemistry first because it's more relevant for modern biochem/human medical treatments than stuff like molarity or stoicheometry.
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Analyzing jazz voice leading would be extremely difficult without understanding the basic rules of harmonic analysis from the common practice period it evolved from and built on.
It sounds like what you're looking for is closer to a general survey of music traditions for listeners.
Jumping straight to jazz theory would be like skipping all chemistry prerequisites to get to Organic Chemistry first because it's more relevant for modern biochem/human medical treatments than stuff like molarity or stoicheometry.