but this applies to all music.
music should not be not about showing off, it is about sensitivity, interpretation, communication of feeling.
doing justice to a ballad,is the above poster stated,about interpretation,a good accmpaniment should be an accompaniment,it should not be about a 32 bar instrumental.
that sort of thing belongs in the jazz world,where sounds are more important than lyrics.
dont misunderstand me I like Jazz too,but it is a different genre